Northern Argentina

This is my 26th trip to Argentina. I travel here as a geologist studying the uplift of the Andes. IŽll spend the first part of my sabbatical in Salta and the latter part in Patagonia. Technorati Profile

This trip is with a group of 7 other students. We are all studying Spanish and came to South America with a professor who is from Argentina. Good times, and a good way to knock off the Spanish credits!

... do all kinds of trips and treks around Salta, but I did nothing.  There was so many factors that stopped me enjoying northern Argentina, but it's difficult to fit them all in.  As I mentioned before the people are not nice, it became ...

Salta, in Northern Argentina is noticeably different from the rest of Argentina that IŽve seen so far.  For starters, the people are of Indian descent (shorter, darker skinned) than in Southern Argentina who look like they are of European descent. ...

From Puerto Madryn it was another 20 hours on the bus back to to Buenos Aires, where I organised a flght to Salta in northern Argentina. I must say I felt quite pleased with myself managing to pay for my ticket over the phone by credit card as well as ...