03/08/2008 We arrived in Salta late and went for some traditional Argentinean grub - a bar b q grill that had some nice saussages, ribs and steak on board...as well as a variety of organs. Lizzie wasn´t at all impressed but I loved the black pudding - a first for over three months! 04/08/2008 Salta was just a stop-over but we decided to do somet...

After 12 hours of stomach churning agony, winding through bumpy mountain roads with an over enthusiastic driver, we finally crossed the border back into Argentina, the homeland as it is now affectionately nicknamed! Passports were stamped, sick-bags were filled (luckily not by me) and eventually we pulled into Salta, northern Argentina. Our dutc...

Bit of difficulty getting from bus station to hostel: taxi wouldn't take us because it was too close but it was late at night and we'd no idea where we were going so it may as well have been a million miles away! We found it eventually and slept. Alot! Hostel was very nice. Not too much to see and do in Salta. Most of the activities are almost h...

We are heading towards Bolivia!!! I am getting excited about the new country we are about to visit, but before I get ahead of myself, we have stopped in this nice city called Salta. Salta offers many outdoor activities and we are going to be partaking in some horseback riding tomorrow. It is a half day trip and we will be going to a ranch to rid...

Our 1st stop in Argentina is Salta, we went white water rafting and went on flying foxes across a valley. PS check out the rainbow coloured mountains.

So after a mammoth train and bus journey through Bolivia into Argentina, the lowlight of which was the most disgusting dinner we've ever had in Oruro, Bolivia and the highlight was the stop off on the bus through Argentina were we had our first bottle of chilled white wine in weeks and tapas, we arrived at the hostel recommended by Trish and Tas...

Day 58: October 11, 2007 In Salta I slept until 9:00 and woke up still feeling miserable and congested. I took a barrage of medicines but it seemed to have little effect. Armed with paper towels, I caught up on a couple of days of journaling before I went down to the office and started sorting through the > 100 emails that accumulated during ...

Today we were unfortunately up reasonably early to prepare the hungi that we were doing for dinner. A hungi is a traditional maori way of cooking food underground (Andy the driver is a kiwi), so fulfilling our 50s stereotypes once more the boys went off to dig a big hole, chop wood, make fire and other manly stuff whilts the girls peeled potatoe...

Today we had to get from the campsite to teh centre of Salta so we could stock up with food and stff at the massive hypermarket....cue lots of excitement from people, especailly those who ahdn´t brought a sleeping roll mat and were FREEZING everynight. So we had a very exciting time there, and tehn drve on to a place called Salta Rafting, 2 hour...

Back to the bright lights.... Jules and I headed here a day earlier than Lou (and even ended up staying a day later), as we couldn't get a bus ticket to San Pedro de Atacama (Northern Chile) any earlier. However, it was a real nice little place with some great restaurants and a noticeable 'third-world' feel to it as we approach the Bolivian bord...