Statue at bottom of San Bernardo Hill, Salta

Salta, Mendoza & Bariloche

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September 27th 2010
When we left San Pedro in Chile, we caught a bus across the Argentinian border to Salta. We were greeted at the bus station in Salta by a guy from our hostel which was a nice surprise. He took us to the hostel, paid for our taxi and basically made us feel very welcome and comfortable there for the next 4 nights! Salta is a really nice city which is much more westernised than anywhere in Peru or Bo ... read more

South America » Argentina

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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