Selva Montana Salta
Alfonsia Storni 2315, San Lorenzo Salta, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina, 4401, Argentina
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Tour Guide has now been sacked!......
After 3 days of touring by car around the most amazing scenery, we returned to Salta and Casa Hernandez where we stayed on Tuesday night. We had been planning on getting a bus up to the North of the area, but when we got back to the B&B we found out that there was a BIG Carnival on over the week end and on Mon and Tues. and that all the Hotels …
Quebrada de Humanhuaca
Salta is a great base for visiting the northern desert scenery. Our friend, Gaelle recommended that we should visit Tilcara which she described as the most beautiful place in Argentina (www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/ gaellelc/sudam erica-2006/1144618080/tpod.html). This route takes us north up the road towards Bolivia into the Quebrade de …
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North West Argentina
... cream- they even had wine flavours! – and then visitng a small organic winery in town and going on a tour/tasting. This strenuous morning earnt us a well-deserved siesta, as the whole town shuts down between 2-5/6. We then went on a private tour around the surrounding countryside for 6 hours so Ben could stop and take photos/set up his equipment. We stayed another night before heading to Tucuman. Arriving in Tucuman we were met with 41 degree heat at our hostel there was ...
Salta - just like Europe
... at other places in town, so really not worth the walk. But it is the local place to get empanadas and at pretty much half the price of other restaurants I guess not that bad :)
Anyways, from there Greg wanted to see another museum (as he does). But this museum closed at 1 (as they all so often do here!!!) so had to high-tale it a good 10blocks up to catch this museum (Pajcha – museum de arte etnico americano). We luckily did manage to catch it just before the ...
Valley Calchaquies
... to be sacrificed. They would come to Cuzco, the 'navel' of the Incan empire, and in a very special ceremony two of the children from different regions were married. They were then taken to many of the mountains in the cordillera where they were given chicha (corn beer) and buried, presumably alive. Being chosen as a human sacrifice was an honour reserved for members of the higher classes, usually the most physically perfect and beautiful ...


