Hotel Del Antiguo Convento
Travel Blogs from Salta
Salta and the north of Argentina
After Quito, I couldn't wait to get out of Ecuador. I know there are many worthy places to visit in Ecuador (Montanita is supposed to be fab) but I was sick to the hind teeth of Quito by the time I got out. Just too tired of having to look over my shoulder all the time and take my purse out in secret and all the other things which are ultimately …
Stop in Salta for a rest
The scenery at the start of our journey to Salta was surprisingly flat. We were not well pleased to have to get everything off the bus again at a police post at the first town we came to and have our baggage searched, although we got off far more lightly than local people, most of whom were hauling huge open bags of what appeared to be second-hand …
Historical Saalta
Just arrived in beautiful (but quite cool) Saalta. Will shower, and get a bite. More later...(Tuesday) Here we are the afternoon of our first day (Wednesday) in Saalta. It's been quite warm, tho, the computer says only 72. In the sun it feels more like 85. It is a beautiful village from the 1500's. And a little crumblling in spaces but quite cosmo …
Salta und Umgebung
... der Berger ist dort extrem imposant. Typisch Schweizer sind wir natürlich bei sämtlichen Stops wenn es irgendwie ging noch den Hügel raufgekrakselt. Ansonsten geniessen wir Salta ... die Stadt ist klein und herzig, am Hauptplatz fand eines Abends noch eine Talentshow von verschiedenen Schulen statt, welches wir direkt aus dem Café mitverfolgen ...
Argentina - the good and bad
... were told that the bus terminated there. We knew the feicers were up to something in that office in La Quiaca! We then copped on that we had a ticket from this town to Salta, leaving in 2 hours! How annoying. As we got off the bus we spotted a Flecha bus pulling out of the terminal with "Salta" on the front. Then started the saga of trying to board this bus, which had at least 50 empty seats (it was a double decker) - the bus driver wouldn't let us on so we went to ...