Leaving BA was always gonna be tough, so a trip a north to the province of Salta would be our last port of call in Argentina and would be ideal for a bit of culture and sightseeing again after the excesses of the capital city. And seeing as it was going to be so tough to leave, we decided on a bit of luxury and booked onto the best possible bus ...

We´ve spent the past 2 1/2 days in Salta, one of Argentina's up and coming tourist destinations - particularly if you like Rafting, Skydiving, Bungee Jumping, etc. We have done the following: Visited galleries/museums, done washing, slept. Our reasoning behind this inactivity is that this is going to be the last of the familiar Europeanesque hol...

The following conversation took place between a tired and irritable me, and a pregnant dog, at some point of a mountain walking trail, on Saturday, November 17th - me - ¿hablas ingles? dog - hehehe... me - look, you *****, stop following me, I don't have any food! dog - hehehe... me - go!get lost! dog - hehehe... me - alright, fine. c'mon... How...

Got up this morning, and for the first time it was hot, sunny and dry! (Except the day we got to Iguazu about 4pm!). Checked out of the Hotel St. George at around 10am, so just hung around, checking e-mails and flights etc til about 12pm.We were on our way to Salta, but flying via Buenos Aires as no direct flights to Salta. After a 4 hour delay ...

Update 14: Aaaaaaah! Argentina! Location: Salta, Argentina Date: 10 Jan 2007 Wow finally made it to Argentina. Words cannot describe it, but if i had to pick one, i would pick 'cultulre'. To step from Peru and Bolivia into argentina is like stepping onto another planet. the place is developed and there are toilet seats on the toilets - thats bee...

In the last few days I´ve left the Andes and the tropics, having just passed south of the Tropic of Capricorn. From Uyuni I took another comfortable train south to Villazon, on the Argentine border. On the train I met a fellow round-the-world-er from Northern Ireland, who went east on the same airline deal I´m on and is now near the end of his t...

We have now arrived in what feels like Paradise in Salta, Argentina. Nice weather, $4 filets, $3 bottles of wine, consistent hot showers. Very European. The restaurants don't serve dinner before 8:30, and dinner really doesn't get into full swing until 10pm. We really appreciate things like paved roads and 24 hour a day electricity. This is a we...

After the best sleep so far since arriving in South America we rolled into Salta. 1200m above sea level this was to be our first taste of Andean atmosphere. After a good look around the city,it was time for dinner but our bowels needed a break from the kilos of red meat we had been horsing into us since arriving in Argentina. That night we heade...

The last two days have been awesome. Deciding to go with the Eran and Rotem (Israeli couple from our hostel) to Cafayate, turned out to be a really good idea. The first day we picked up the car and took the direct route, through the Quebrada del Rio de la Conchas, to Cafayate. Not too far out of Salta, we came to several cars lined up behind a f...

It´s been a long time since I last wrote, so this could turn out to be a long entry, even for me. At last check-in, I was in Sucre taking spanish lessons, with very limited success. I remained in Sucre for 2 additional days of spanish learned about what you'd expect in the course of 8 hours - not much. But, hopefully this will lay the base for m...