Ghala Hotel Salta
Hernando de Lerma 184 Salta, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina, Argentina
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Day 62, Argentina: Salta, Welcome to Argentina
Welcome to Argentina!
- The country of the popular dance form ‘Tango’
- The 8th biggest country in the world. The other 7 countries being Canada, Russia, China, U.S, Australia, Brazil and India
- The country with the hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in South America
- The country where Ernesto Che Guevara …
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4200m climb, salt flats, deserts and goat tracks
... salt lake in the distance. We saw some donkeys and after about 30km we picked up dad. Not far down the road we saw some people pushing their car, so dad drove over to see if he could help. They drove down a closed dirt road and a stone had put a whole in their fuel line. Dad pulled out everything we had and luckily was able to fix it. They were so relieved because they were told help was 6 hours away and they'd ...
Salta - The path back to Argentina
... was food. We were obsessed. After a tedious diet consisting of little more than potatoes and rice for the past few months, the game of First Meal Back Home occupied much of our daydreams.
Every traveller has a First Meal fave they can reel off the tongue faster than you can say 'Pass the salt’. It’s a common game played out by backpackers in hostels across the country, featuring as diverse a menu as meat pies to pavlova, depending ...
Salta - Colonialism and Muchos Carne
We left Mendoza and embarked on our first long distance bus ride. It was about 20 hours which sounds hideous but it actually wasn´t that bad. Argentina is so big that long distance buses are just the norm and surprisingly comfy. You can pay extra for big mega chairs which fully recline but ours partially reclined which seemed just fine. For those of you picturing the megabus, think again. It is more like being on ...
2. Bullets on the Bus
... like he was hovering in the black sky. That night was the Lapa street party underneath the arches we had visited the day before. We had been told that you should watch your belongings here and that people may slash your bag to get to the contents. This information was enough to dissuade Becky from wanting to go but I managed to turn her towards participating. The advice was to take the tour with a guide to stay safe so we decided to go on our own which paid off, saving us ...



