Crystal Hotel Salta
Urquiza 616 Salta, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina, Argentina
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Cycling a 2000m descent
... they wear normal clothes, but over the top they wear what looks like a doctors white coat. After leaving town we drove across a high plain and started climbing up and up. We got out and walked to the top of a hill for the best view of the valley and mountains around it. Pretty soon we were at 3200m and dad and I jumped on our bikes for a 2000m descent. It was great, I hardly had to peddle the whole way and the ...
Our first taste of heaven... No, really.
... lunch the next day. Every penny counts and all that!
The next morning, before we left Salta, we walked to the park and took a ride on a peddle boat on the lake. There is a lot to do in and around the city (horse riding with the Gauchos, bunjee jumping, white water rafting...) but Igauzu Falls was calling and we had a 22 hour bus ride ahead of us.
But after just two days in Argentina, we were already plotting our return...
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Three days in Salta
... of wine with dinner. The things you have to put up with!
This entry covers three days we spent in Salta before renting a car for a week's exploration of smaller towns nearby. Bottom line - we love Salta! Crowded parks and pedestrian streets every evening, not with tourists or shoppers, just families! What's that about? Don't they have TV?
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Steak and Wine....we'll be fine
... Cordoba being Argentina’s second largest city, the plan was to kill as much time as possible before our bus the following day. Looking in guidebooks and speaking to hostel staff only really gave us two things to do apart from shopping and walking around; the Zoo and according to the internet our hostel asado (a traditional Argentine roast/BBQ). The zoo had 167 animals ranging from Pygmy Hippos to Meerkats as well as a 30 minute sea lion show. Although it was ...
Première ville d'Argentine Salta
... encore.
On va payer le véhicule et faire nos achats pour les 3 prochains jours. Sinon, on visite encore un peu la ville… Un truc de bizarre là… Ca fait 3x qu’on essaie d’aller visiter la cathédrale et les 3x il avait la messe (est-ce que c’est non-stop ?)… Il y avait aussi des gens qui faisaient la queue devant la cathédrale et qui se faisaient bénir par un prêtre en pleine ...


