Blogs from Salta, Salta, Argentina, South America - page 2

Bonjour. Me voilà donc Salteño pour une année, l'occasion pour moi de vous en dire un peu plus sur ma nouvelle ville d'adoption. Salta, j'y suis passé la 1ere fois en 2005 lors de mon premier voyage en Argentine, mais je n'y avais fait que passer le temps de changer de bus. Je l'ai donc réellement découverte en 2007 quand j'y suis resté 3 ou 4 jours. J'y suis ensuite repassé en 2009 quand je filais vers la Bolivie, mais encore une fois pour peu de temps, juste une demie journée. Capitale de la province du même nom, Salta est une jolie ville, de style colonial (même si cela a tendance à disparaître), située à 1300m d'altitude et on la surnomme d'ailleurs Salta la Linda (Salta la Belle) mais ce sont surtout ses alentours qui sont ... read more

Hola. Je suis de retour en Argentine, à Salta dans le Nord-Ouest, où mon voyage se termine... Lundi je commence à travailler dans une agence de voyages qui s'appelle Tierras Argentinas et qui vend des circuits sur toute l'Argentine et les pays voisins pour une clientèle francophone. Si tout se passe bien je reste là une année!!! C'est donc la fin du voyage, ce qui m'attriste bien évidemment car je m'apprêtais à découvrir la côte ouest du Pérou, l'Equateur, la Colombie dont on m'a dit le plus grand bien et le Panama. Mais je suis aussi content d'avoir trouvé un travail, qui plus est dans la branche qui m'intéresse. C'était un voyage un peu bizarre. J'attendais une carte bancaire qui est arrivée apres mon départ, le vol entre Paris et Londres avait pris du retard et ... read more

Distance driven today: 317 miles / 510 km Cumulative distance driven: 12,928 miles / 20,806 km Today’s trip: Tarija, Bolivia to Salta, Argentina International border crossings: 1 After 3 hours of rather easy riding, we finally reached the border to Argentina today. During our enjoyable morning ride from Tarija in Bolivia we steadily descended, and before we knew it we had left the last parts of the South American Altiplano that we have been riding on ever since southern Peru behind us. By the time we reached the border we were practically at sea level altitude, with the temperature having risen to a very comfortable level and the tropical vegetation, which we hadn’t seen since Ecuador, reappearing on the roadside. It felt really good after our challenging Altiplano adventures. At the border we were initially confused. ... read more

Hello Everyone, We checked out of Talar Hostel in San Pedro at 9am, and then walked the short distance to the bus station where we had booked our 10.5-hour bus journey to Salta from San Pedro Atacama to Salta (20,000 Chilean /£21 each). We were told that the bus may not run today due to the icy winter weather on top of the Andes, but thankfully all was running on time. We chose the best seats when we booked-up at the front so we could stretch our legs out over the rail. They were also semi-reclining seats again and the bus included a cheese and ham roll for lunch and a biscuit and cup of tea in the afternoon! It took about 3 hours to the Chile-Argentina boarder crossing. This was very straightforward; queue up in ... read more

PART TWO EARLY TRIBES 1480 was the start of the Inca domination in North West Argentina. Afterwards, there came the Spanish conquest which was when religious art started in Salta and the people were ruled by a ‘cabildo’ and his representatives. The Spanish brought in a monetary system in order to measure wealth and saw the start of coins in Salta. The first coins had been made in Asia Minor and Greece in VII AC. Once the Spanish left Salta the design of the coins changed. (after or before the rule of Roman Empire - who started it? SALTA The city of Salta was founded in 1582. I learned quite a lot about how it was formed. At this time estancias (ranches attached to a church) were created and the population made use of the land ... read more