Del Dique Salta

... built using wood from the cordones which just seems strange) then went for a walk up to the cemetery which had an excellent view of the town. Seemed a strange place for a cemetery though!<br><br>Salta was a beautiful town, much more typically Argentinian than Buenos Aires which has a very obvious European influence. Now I'm trading the dry heat of Salta for the humidity of the jungle in Puerto Iguazu and keeping my fingers crossed that I don't get eaten alive!!

... taking out my wallet, opening it and showing i had nothing. He still would not budge but eventually he had too. It was a bad end to Argentina as the people here are very nice and the country is amazing but we didnt let it hamper our final night. On we got to the bus for a 6 hour overnight bus to the Argentina-Bolivia Border. We expected Bolivia to be very different as its the poorest country in South America so we were both excited and a tad bit nervous at the sme time!!

... t a bad hostel, just much further from the center of town than anything else. We stayed there for one night, and then moved to a hostel with an amazing rooftop terrace right next to the town square. After arriving, we decided to head into town and check out the bodegas...yes, more wine country. It was nice because a lot of them were right in the little town and easy walking distance. Yes, a couple of hours and 14 bottles of wine later we returned to the hostel with ...

Stopped off at a place called Tucuman in North Argentina for a few days before heading to the Capital Salta. It was pretty chilled and relaxed city and we had plenty of spanglish chat at dinner in the hostel with some Argentians. We met two American guys, Bobby and Brian which was great as we hooked up in Salta and went on a wee road trip. Got the bus to Salta which is a busy bustling city. We climbed the Cerro San Bernado ...

... are the weekdays where I work and then the weekends where I try to see people, places and enjoy the city.<br><br> <br><br>The school I've been placed in here, the Colegio CoDeSa, has a reputation in Salta as being Liberal, the polar opposite of its neighbouring schools which preach strict discipline and science based learning. Taking children from age 3 in the kindergarten up to 18 the school covers a broad range whilst still remaining small and intimate. CoDeSa has a strong philosophy ...

Granada was a two hour drive through the Spanish countryside. All along the road we were flanked by rows and rows of olive trees. They were perfectly spaced and ran over the hills as far out to the horizon as I could see. These gently rolling hills are the ones I saw from my plane. They're like waves frozen in time. I wanted to park the car and just run through these olive trees, up and down these hills, run and run. They have to end ...

Sveglia abbastanza presto, colazione e via in giro per Cordoba. Il centro storico è 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 è 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!

... jammed down their throats all the time - but they understood it brings in the tourists. We also talked about travel in Europe and how easy and cheap it is for them to just hop a flight for a long weekend and be in Spain or Italy. Must be nice. Cameron was his name and he paid for my last two pints. Though I told him it wasn't necessary, he insisted. The whole evening had been a nice way to say goodbye to a town I thoroughly enjoyed. Stay tuned for the next episode as the odyssey to get to Rome begins...