We have reached Salta, still in the north of Argentina but the home of Salta beer, and empanadas called salteñas, which are so so so delicious! It`s very hot and humid, so Rick and I have been mainly lounging around and uploading photos on the internet. Oh, and we went up in a cable car this morning to the top of the hill, for a view of the city.

Last place to visit in Argentina. This is a totally different place to what you would expect Argentina to be. You could easily think you are in Bolivia here. Salta is called Salta La Linda (the pretty one). Not too sure about that. The main square and around is very pretty but the rest ...... We got here Wednesday night. We are staying at the Sh...

Day 77: October 30, 2007 In Salta After getting down to the office, I got my email and read the list of email addresses for those who will be joining Todd and me in the Galápagos Islands in January. That inspired me to go online and purchase my round-trip ticket from Punta Arenas, Chile to Quito. I was happy to see that the price had dropped $50...

Day 7: August 21, 2007 In Salta I slept well until 4:30 but then had trouble getting back to sleep. The apartment was bustling with activity by 8:00 as Bernardo and another visitor got up to go to work at the XR office. Soon after I got up, Toyo appeared. Toyo, a.k.a. David González, was a driver for YPF when I first met him in 1989. He acquired...

Arrived in Salta to the poring rain that we had driven through all the way up the Andes from Chile. Very long journey, over 24hours in total. Cool little hostel which translated is called road runner, beep beep! It has a very cute resident little kitten, so cute! Spent first day just wondering around in the rain and having coffee before making f...

It was time to finally say goodbye to the city life and head to the villages of Argentina, where our next stay was going to be in Salta. The second night with the group we went to see a Tango show which was really for the benefit of the tourists and wasn´t one that you could join in. It was really a show which also included beautiful music playe...

Having been relieved of my purse, I finally arrived in Salta, the region capital of NW Argentina & a v popular tourist stop. It was founded in 1582 & has one of the best preserved colonial centre,as well as the moderns attractions of a vibrant pedestrianised shopping area with all sorts of stuff for sale from street vendors, lots of mod...

So - into Argentina for the final leg of our travels. It´s a big change again from previous countries; in most of the cities we feel as if we could be in continental Europe but the scenery outside the cities is quite unique and spectacular. The most noticeable thing about Argentina is how seriously the Argentines take certain things - notably th...

As most must have guessed we made it back to Salta. Loyal our recent influence on transportation, the train conked out about half a mile short of the station in the border town of Villazon! I´m gutted we didn´t get a photo but it was fairly chaotic. Most were a bit over zealous in ensuring the safety of their belongings and it was a scramble to ...

Hey Everyone Well, before I recount the journey of Team Discovery Channel (five restless young souls in search of the great Llama), I wanted to let you know that I have FINALLY posted some pictures on this website. You need to look through the previous entries to find them as I have tried to associate the pictures roughly with my blog entries. H...