Internacional Jujuy Hotel San Salvador de Jujuy

... next day we ran a few errands in town before heading to a restaurant, Sarita, which we had enjoyed earlier in the week. It was a case of deja vu as well because for the third time that week we ate at the same time as a random old woman who we had seen eating with different families in different places across the week. Very weird.

We grabbed our stuff from the hostel and got a taxi to the bus station for our next adventure, a 24hour bus journey and the Iguassu Falls and Brazil!

... chewing coca leaves looked nothing like the Argentinians I had seen before. This was a race that fitted squarely in the dodgy cigarette, stove pipe hat wearing less than four teeth to rub together variety. I have been to towns and cities nestled into the Andes before, but someone took Jujuy and threw it at the mountain range when they founded this place. The whole place is surrounded, and you can see the snow capped peaks as you shower in the ...

... buses and roads of decreasing quality until a guy in Libertador General San Martin, a smelly sugarcane processing town, brought us there in his van. This was to be the wildest place weŽd been so far and the road in was enough to make us wonder if we were ready for it. Our driver asked if weŽd enough food, water and insect repellent and said heŽd come back for us in three days. The campsite was lovely, it was set up above the river which ...

... wasnŽt the end of dry season, and various other scintillating sights. In this part of Argentina, the midday is quite warm, and siesta is strictly observed. All businesses with few exceptions (some cafes, some chain supermarkets, some bakeries) close between noon and 1pm and may or may not reopen at 5 or 6 pm depending on the mood of the proprietor, the alignment of planets, or the I ching pattern they threw ...

... nog een kleine ŽboutiqueŽ bodega bezocht, Carinae. De bodega is een aantal jaar geleden door een Frans stel gekocht, nadat het jaren verlaten was geweest, en ookal hadden ze in het begin amper verstand van wijn maken hebben een aantal van hun soorten nu al prijzen gewonnen. Hoe dan ook, de sfeer was geweldig en de wijn smaakte goed. Ik vind het super gaaf dat naarmate ik meer wijnen proef, ik ook echt de smaken leer onderscheiden en ook meer leer waarderen. Voor slechts 2 ...

... little hats. Bolivia also has some of the coolest and wildest terrain. It varies from desert and salt flats, to amazonian jungle, to crazy high Andes peaks. It's a beautiful country. It felt good to be back in Argentina because I felt like I could relax again. In Bolivia you always have to be watching your stuff and always be on guard for some scam or someone trying to run off with your stuff.

... often does not work. And since San Pedro would be my last stop in Chile, I also did not want to take out too many pesos. I ended up doing OK in that regard. The last night in San Pedro we went to a bar that gives out free pisco sours from 8:30-9:30. I had 4,200 pesos on me (approx. $8.30). I wanted to save about 1,000 to get some food the next day for the bus ride, so I was able to use the 3,000 for 3 cans of cheap beer (Escudo, not particularly ...

... to the city. it was bustling, the streets full of people shopping... a complete contrast with the dead city on the day before. I took the chance of being in a city to look for a guidebook for Bolivia, but unsuccessfully. Still , I bought El Tunel, by Ernesto Sabato, as reading poetry by Neruda is more of an intellectual effort than an entertainment. Back to the hostel, I picked up my bags and ...

... satacama. asp) y una laguna que se llama Negra porque ... es negra!!! (http://gochile.cl/spa/Guide/ChileNatio nalParks/LosFlamencos/Los-Flamencos-1.a sp). Hasta aquí, un esbozo del inicio .... Claro, todo esto puede variar o bien en mi cabeza o bien, si efectivamente lo hago, sobre la marcha .... More to come, hopefully!!

... Unfortunately it was raining here as well so we quickly jumped in a taxi and headed to our hostel. The hostel is basic - our room was just a box with a bed and it was a bit damp. We thought about going elsewhere but in the end couldn't be bothered. The rain did eventually stop so we headed out on the town to have a look and book some tours. Salta is called "Salta the Fair" but with grey skies and slightly run-down ...