Drinking Mate with my new friends

Pronounced Mat-ay. This is a ritual all over Argentina. The average amount consumed per person is 5kg per year! It goes everywhere with them and it feels like an honour to be invited to share in this ritual.

When will I ever get to Salta??

December 31st 2008
I could not get a bus with a seat that reclines to the full 180 degrees that I have become acustomed to (God help me when I reach Bolivia) direct to Salta so I thought I would catch a luxury bus to Tucuman and then catch a bus the next day for 3 hours to Salta. I guess all of this is working out quite well as I am seeing a lot of other places that I would have driven straight past! I arrive ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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