Crystal Hotel Salta

... Andes, the stray dogs are the best looking stray´s i´ve seen, some would look good in Paris Hilton´s handbag. Argentinians have been really nice and helpful, not seeming to mind the phrase book spanish (at least we are trying). Sam had a theory that in the 15 hour flight he would master conversational spanish but its a bit hard to do that while sleeping and watching movies. <br><br>We had a bit of a jumpy start when we arrived ...

... Guide. Here I had a tuna melt and two bottles of orange Fanta; one simply wasn`t enough because the orange Fanta here is immense.<br><br>NOTE: From my observations so far, Argentinian men have what I would describe as a rather unique approach to hairstyling in relation to the rest of the civilised world. In essence... they bloody love both the mullet and the rat tail. I have never before seen so many ridiculous barnets!<br><br>I had a bit more of an explore of the ...

... 10!! We arrived in Tucuman in the evening and felt great.<br><br>We had 2 full days in Tucuman which was wonderful. Tucuman is the largest city in North Argentina and was just buzzing with people. Tucuman is a significant spot for Argentina as on the 9th July 1816, independence was declared from Spain. We spent the first day in Tucuman seeing the sights, the main square which is surrounded by beautiful buildings including the impressive ...

... at a little restaurant we found earlier but it turned out to be a disastrous meal, the chicken was not cooked, the mash was lumpy and Laura ate peppers to discover they didn't agree with her.<br>We decided to stop at the supermarket on the way back to grab a little snack for our trip tomorrow and then watched T.V before bed.<br><br>28th May 2009<br><br>Early start as being picked up for one of our trips today at 6.45am, although we were not sure which trip, it was a surprise. When our guide ...

... au départ de Jujuy pour San Pédro de Atacama au Chili pour Mardi prochain. La différence de prix n'était pas énorme du fait que nous sommes 4 par rapport au bus. Et au moins on pourra s'arrêter pour prendre des photos et nous voyagerons plus confort. C'est sympa pour les parents ! Moi quand je vais poursuivre seule mon voyage ça va me faire un changement ! Faut pas trop s'habituer au luxe tati Mik !Attention ! Enfin après tout cela nous avons pris la route en ...

... lot about the indigenous population and culture of the area. There are currently small populations of various indigenous nations in this part of the country, but many of the ethnic lines were blurred following the conquest of the Inca. The Inca arrived in Argentina in 1415 and subdued the Aguitas people of the area. The Inca were not a virtuous conqueror, but provided the conquered peoples with knowledge of city development and the ...

April 14-15, 2009: Bariloche to Salta (via Neuquen, Santa Rosa, Cordoba, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman), Argentina "Train travel animated my imagination and usually gave me the solitude to order and write my thoughts: I travelled easily in two directions, along the level rails while Asia flashed changes at the window, and at the interior rim of a private world of memory and language. I cannot imagine a luckier ...

... the unofficial capital of north Argentina. In fact, an Argentinian chap I sat next to on the bus (yes, another bus) told me that it was considered far superior to Buenos Aires as people who lived in Buenos Aires were mad. No wild generalisations there I thought. How I look forward to Buenos Aires! Salta is a pretty city though encompassing many old colonial buildings and squares. It's easily navigated by foot so long as you are not an ...

... Purmamarca tauchen in den verschiedensten Farben auf, von intensivem Rot bis hin zu gelb und gruen. Wir treffen auf Fuechse, Ziegen und friedlich grasende Kuehe direkt am Strassenrand. Purmamarca selbst ist ein kleiner Ort direkt neben einem kleinen Berg, der alle 7 Farben der Berge ringsherum an einer Stelle vereint und dementsprechend beliebt ist als Ausflugsziel. Da der Berg besonders schoen im Morgenlicht sein soll, fahren wir direkt zum Zeltplatz und heben uns den Berg fuer ...

... day tour to a cloud forest (a type of rainforest at altitude, this one was at 1,700m) in Reserva La Huaico which was about 12km from Salta. It is smaller than El Rey and Caligula but the tour operators recommend not to go there at this time of the year as it is rainy season and the streams flood extremely quickly. We were both surprised to hear it was rainy season here as we were just in Mendoza region where is was hot and sunny but we had just ...