Ayres de Salta Hotel

... partie de mon temps a me balader cherchant une tente mais en vain mais surtt pour prendre lair<br><br>encore apero a lhotel , on se fait le jeu des papiers ( y en a plein qui dv connaitre, c mon jeu prefer...)et nous allons ac ashley se fre un bon resto ac un bon morceau de barbac plus salade<br>un delice!!! et pour que dale!!! merci au vieux jack, cets le nom du resto!<br>super soiree encore<br>on rigole comme des baleines ttes les 2!!!

... twice!<br> We made it back to the hostel where I met up with carina again for her last night in Salta. We went out to a club and I finally made it back to the hostel at 4am - not great when I´d booked myself on another tour starting at 7am!<br> This tour was following the route of the Train to The Clouds, and it meant my first time at serious altitude! The scenery was pretty stunning, we went right up into the ...

... colder in Salta already than anywhere we had been so far and half of our group opted to upgrade to log cabins for the four nights we were there. Not us though, just an extra jumper at night and a hot drink before bed! We were offered some excellent optional activities here including white water rafting, zip-lining and horse trekking but we decided that as these are all things we have done on previous trips that we were better off saving our budget for ...

... different. The tour its self is a little whistle stop, a case of drive-stop-photo-repeat, but at about a 3 hour drive each way from Salta we can´t really complain. Plus the scenery is spectacular, it reminded us of the road trip with Ali´s mum and dad through Arizona and route 89 - all red rocks beaten by tectonic movements, wind and time. There were many rock formations that had uncanny likenesses to priests, penguins, turtles, indians and the Titanic(!?). One in ...

... for Cuba. Seeing all the photos of him meeting the leaders of countries such as Egypt, China, Congo and others dressed in his green army boilers suit, boots, beret and cigar was AMAZING, he never stopped being a soldier. How about the fact that Ernest was an impersonator, moving his image also from one which the whole world recognizes and from which through his adult life he barely deviated but who when required he was able to adapt from to go undercover to get into ...

... the wee hours of the morning. We finally crept into the hostel at around 6am. That night, there was more fun stuff going on in the hostel, every saturday night they have an Asado, like other hostels in Argentina. It was very delicious especially as we had not had any Asado for a good few months. As usual the food was spot on, lots of delicious salads and more importanly, good quality argentine beef, Unfortunately no costillar but, you cant have everything!

PUSH!<br><br><br><br>SQUEEZE!<br><br><b r><br>SHOUT!<br><br><br><br>The bus station in Buenos Aires was heaving with people when we arrived on Friday evening. After managing to rejoin the group, the six of us traveling to Salta were lead by Kika (the representative for BsAs) to where she thought the bus would be leaving. How she managed to work out where we needed to be through the crowd's shouting and constant assault from a ...

... zip line I have managed to collect around 20-30 sand fly bites. They itch like crazey and I look like a pin cushion. Never mind it all part of the experience. Tommorow we roll out of town, another long drive in to Boliva. Boliva is the poorest country in South America and its a shoppers paridise, dirt cheap and lots of bargins to pick up.

The city of Salta has a great way of making you feel welcome right off the bat. The bus station is big and clean and airy, the accommodation touts have special ID and are polite when you fob them off, there are signs saying the bathrooms are free, and you can even use the tables at its cafe without having to purchase a thing. Sweet. As we had arrived so early in the morning, we lingered there for breakfast, if you could call it that. (How much ...

... hab ich wegen Regen ja nichtmal gemacht, Die Leute sind hilfsbereit, freundlich, leider auch ungebildet...typische beispiele sind auf nem tashcenrechner 8+3 ausrechenen oder in der Busstation eine 50 km entfernte Stadt fuer welche man seit jahren tickets verkauft nicht auf der Karte finden koennen. Insegamt mit Kolumbien das beste land zum bereisen in Suedamerika bisher. Argentinien ist ...