Casa Real Salta

... the Argentine couple from in front of us digging around in the curtains above Trick and Mel’s seat, two rows back, suddenly producing like magic, or Sham-Wow, a hefty bag of coca leaves as though they had just finally hit pay dirt in Pablo Escobar’s easter egg hunt (“Oh that Pablo, you just know it’s always going to be either the curtain or the rectum. And I always forget to check the curtains….”). Would have made for an interesting ...

... like to run up there (unfortunately he didn't get chance to). Back at the hostel we sneaked a heater out of another room into ours - there was no way that we could face another cold night like last night! <br><br><br>The next morning we got up bright and early (and warm) for our trip to the Cañon de Rio Juramento. We walked into the city centre half asleep in the dark and got on a mini bus along with 9 excitable Irish ...

... that some thieving tucan ******* stole my pillow when re set up camp in this german place which had a pool with no water, no suprise then. no friggin upgrade here either. I managed a wee row with one of the horrible ones (did i mention she has a vagina tattooed on her leg - some pretentious james joyce *****) over her very dangerous hula hooping - she had already whacked matt on the nose. so i threatened to hurl said hula up the nearest tallest tree, suprisingly ...

... I didn't get any dirty looks from anyone nor did I feel at all unsafe walking through the barrio. Another striking observation in the Northwest of the country was the amount of young children everywhere. Especially in the cities of Salta and Jujuy, I noticed tons of young kids and young mothers. There is a large incidence of teenage pregnancy in the area. Given it is a Catholic country, contraception and Planned Parenthood are ...

... of the Andes made for absolutely stunning sights. We just kept having to stop the car and gawp in awe at the wierd and wonderful features formed over millions of years, with condors flying overhead. The loop drive we took over the three days would have to be up there in the Top 10 drives of the world, at least equal to The Grand Canyon in the US, but is strangely not promoted very much. We just couldn´t understand why. First night ...

Have a nice place in Salta and have been chumming around with my Aussie buddy, Harley. We went up the nearby mountain in a gondola amd had a nice lunch overlooking the city and having a lovely chat with a Norwegian ...

Lundi 9 Arrivee  a Salta a 9h30, Valerie me quitte pour laeroport.. jachete mon billet pour Bariloche via Cordoba (arrivee Bariloche prevue mercredi 11h ie 38h de bus!) pour le soir meme 21h. Journee dans Salta, belle ville la place principale est canon:  grands et beaux  edifices et surtout enormes terrasses avec un parc central! manif de la police locale pour des salaires plus ...

... now far less red but have peeled a little bit so got patches of manky skin on me - obviously maintaining the attractive look for 2009). the city is beautiful and we have walked round it lots, been to the open air markets, had picnics in the park, sat in many cafes on the plaza, visited the cathedral which has gorgeous ceilings. met up with a friend of amber´s one evening, a guy called anwar who ...

... riding along a larger, flat path we stopped for a moment. My horse, who had been quite restless decided she had had enough of me. She lowered herself to the ground, then, thankfully just after I´d managed to get off realising something wasn´t quite right, she started to roll onto her back! The guide said he´d never seen this happen before and that she was normally quite docile. I swapped to his horse and he took the rolling mare instead ...

... and both the Kop and room 23 of a certain hotel in Salta hit the roof! YOU BEAUTY!<br><br>I couldn't believe it, we'd become the first team to have beaten Inter Milan in 6 months and we'd done them 2-0, really setting up the second game in Milan. Now I just had to make sure that I could watch it, wherever we will be! <br><br>After the footie I would have agreed to ...