Not much to report other than we made i to argentina and so far so good! We jumped on a 11 hour bus from Chile, hit up passport control and jumped into Argentina! Managed to smugle in some sarnies of salami and cheese we had made (no animall products over the border) but for me in the end it was not worth it because they tasted nasty...prob why ...

We hebben oudejaar in het hostel gevierd. Dit omdat er geen tickets meer beschikbaar waren naar Puerto Iguazu.

Day 96: November 18, 2007 In Salta The chorus of insects outside made it impossible to sleep in on a Sunday morning. Very sore, I got up and wrote the entries for the past two days while watching the news and an excellent show about applying solar energy in Britain and New York City. It was very optimistic. Elena and I agreed to go through our S...

After landing safely in Salta and obtaining some Argentine pesos we got a taxi to our hostel and checked in. We sussed the place up having great trouble locating the shower which was hidden behind the door in the toilet!! and went for a beer and to buy some agua. The following morning we walked for what seemed like miles to book our bus to Puert...

Feeling very refreshed after a lovely 2 hour flight as opposed to the alternative 30 hour coach journey, we arrive in Salta, North-West Argentina. We had heard good reports about Salta and we weren´t disappointed. The two days we had planned to spend here stretched to 4, although this was due to misinformation from Lonely Planet about bus connec...

When it rains it pours, I have also now lost my cell phone, and decided (for now) to not buy a new camera here because they are ridiculously overpriced. But first, I decided to come to Salta to ride "The Train to the Clouds" - a 15-hour ride that goes into the clouds, ascending to over 14,000 feet through nineteen tunnels, twenty-nine bridges, n...

After spending a little longer than we wanted in San Pedro than we wanted (we suspect the the town council have paid off the bus company so there are only three a week to Salta) we eventually got out on Sunday and settled in for a 12 hour bus journey. It didn't start too well when we took nearly an hour and a half to get stamped out of Chile and...

The border crossing from Chile to Argentina was the coolest one I´ve done so far, the guard at the customs door was asking me about Guinness and telling me all about St Patrick´s day in Buenos Aires which sounds a bit mad, and then the two guys inside sitting behind the computer were cracking jokes about everyone as they came to the front of the...

Arrived in Salta at midday to be besieged by people trying to get us to stay at their hostel. Apparently its really quiet at the minute because its just been a public holiday so everyone has gone home. Ignored all of the free taxis offered by the hostel places and paid for our own into town, only to decide to go to one offered at the bus station...

Well we thought it was about time to put finger to keyboard to report in. As you are already probably aware, England are now out of the cup even though most of us felt that they wouldn´t make it. Due to our current geographical position we were also pretty gutted that Argentina were booted out yesterday also. Wayne and I have been following the ...