Del Dique Salta

I went out in the morning and found some insurance, I have to go back at 6 tonight to collect it and pay!
Most of the afternoon has been spent getting the old blog up to date. It takes a lot of time if I can't get decent access to download the photos.
Sorry about the lack of pictures normal service will resume as soon as possible!

... as usually, and had some lunch at a restaurant called Don Pepito which I accidently called Don Pepino several times, which means Don Cucumber... oops. Then me and Caro went on a little hike to a lookout outside of the village. Beautiful... although Caro freaked out like 30 m before the peak because of the steepness... cowardita...;)

On Wednesday morning we took off towards Salta. First we went to the Quilmes ruins from the Inca times. It is like a mix of Maccu Picchu and the city ...

... a night but stay 3 nights get the 4th free and free DINNER AND BREAKFAST! so thats sweet and in our budget. We actually booked a tour for Saturday to go to visit the salt flats and some ruins and little villages. We were goign to try and do it ourselves but it woul dinvolve renting a car to do it right and we have no money and not much time. This should be good though. We only have 18 days left!!! It´s amazing how time flies.

... and mountain vegetables (potatoes and such). Everyone is well-fed in the region and if they fall ill, they must go to the hospital in Salta, which is paid for by the government. The children in the region can attend one of three schools (one that runs through high school), which all teach the national curriculum. However, the children must go by infrequent bus, bike, horse or hitch rides. None of these methods makes it easy to get to ...

... much more like a game of 20 questions, with the usual how old, where from, job, siblings, parents, single/married, travelling along, how long, etc etc.. however i managed to understand everything that was being asked of me and provide adequate answers in spanish, achievement! Ok, so the town of Salta itself is nothing too spectacular, with plenty of old buildings and churches to see, and not really a whole lot else. I ws much more interested in the ...

... I really need to know where they end because nothing can go on for ever like that. I drove listening to the radio playing lazy flamenco music, the type that invites you to fall in love with a Spanish country girl. I lost myself in these olive trees, and though the lyrics made no sense to me, I could hear the anguish and passion in the melody. My lonely planet says the roots of flamenco lie in the songs of the gypsies, who traveled ...

Sveglia abbastanza presto, colazione e via in giro per Cordoba. Il centro storico č bello, peccato che a differenza di Siviglia non sia pedonale, anzi, abbastanza trafficato. Arriviamo alla Mezquita e riusciamo ad entrare gratis. Infatti, prima delle 10 i turisti possono entrare gratuitamente insieme ai fedeli che assistono alle funzioni. Il cortile degli aranci č gradevole. Non risale alla creazione della Mezquita. Pare che sia stato creato per soddisfare ...

... out to be pretty bad. I had an old half pint of Guiness and a stale pizza, Kim and Dad had hamburgers made out of ham not beef. But afterwards we walked around the Moorish sector of town, got some churros and chocolate and searched for an interent cafe. Then we went up to the Alhambra that overlooks the city and took an hour long tour. Alhambra is a fotress, palace, and ancient city dating ...

... downpour. And what do you know? Renting a cabin at the campsite in Fuente de Piedra is only twenty-two Euros a night (complete with VERY hot water in the shower and very effective central heating over the bed.) It's not a question of how wet you get the way - what matters is how hot the air is after, so you can get nice and toasty dry!

... not been easy I´ll say that much. My pride has essentially been shattered, I feel like the biggest twit, and have had to spend too much time asking myself why I even took all of that out there...irony, I had actually thought about it before I left to the springs...thought it would be safer to keep my things on me "don´t want them to get stolen" then when we were there I kept eyeing the car, and ended up scolding myself for not ...