http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , Salta en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:55:08 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:55:08 BST Cachi beautiful. In a nutshell.The ride was absolutely amazing and I became in awe of how the vegetation could get from rainforest and ropical to desert. Although the experience was less than spectacular... there were no eyeopening conversations or climbing things that made me feel exhilarated... I came to appreciate geology and wished there was a book on geology that I could get through to exp http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Cachi/blog-304478.html Second day of a tour and this was by far the longest one. My alarm went off at 630 am and I turned on the light to make sure I wouldn't fall asleep I learned this from Joe. Finally I got out of bed and got ready for my journey. We piled on the bus and Christine was there including a German guy from the day before and two guys behind me and of course my roommate sitting next to me. A scot http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/San-Antonio-de-Los-Cobres/blog-304474.html Tirsdag d. 15 Juli Fra Salta til IguazuAfgang med bus kl 11.30. Vi har valgt en bus med Cama det vil sige mere plads da turen er p omkring 26 timer Det vil sige at Nikolaj desvrre ikke fik carma fr den allersidste del af turen da der ikke var flere pladser. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-303799.html Sndag d. 13 Juli Tur sydp til CafayatteSundhedstilstand Inger er stoppet i nsen men siger at hun ellers er ok. Per er snottet og har ondt i i Hals og hovede. Fernet Brancha hjlper noget.Tidlig morgenmad kl 6.30 Sightseeingbussen henter os klokken 7 vi skal til Cafayatte for at se p flotte klippeformationer og prvsmage hjlandsvin.Den frste time er ren transport derefter begynder landskab http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Cafayate/blog-303797.html Lrdag d. 12 Juli Salta og luksusSkippede morgenmaden i bussen og krte ind til hotellet.Ankomst Salta kl. 8.15 Taxa til hotel colonial der ligger ud til plaza de 9 julioHotellet er bygget i gammel kolonistil. Har engang vret meget meget fint.Salta er kendt for deres empanadas.Deponerede bagagen og gik lidt rundt byen virker meget rart.Vi besluttede os allerede her for at tilbringe endnu en dag http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-303796.html Okay the symbols on this keyboard aren't actually what is on this keyboard... and it's tripping me out I am currently in Iguazu and have a lot of back blogging to do... SO... my next day the journey to Cafayate...Off of 15 minutes of sleep which I thought was 30 I piled onto the bus and sat in the front so that I would have some room for myself. Diego the guide saw me as a complete mess and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Cafayate/blog-303535.html I woke up the next morning trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I didn't get my act together the night before to sign up for any tours or to try and figure out if I wanted to rent a car. That morning I decided to do the tours instead of getting a car. The receptionist was very nice and we spoke Spanish as I was trying to figure things out. So I extended my day in Salta for three more nights http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-302781.html Receiving very little sleep from the night before I decided to get ready for the day. There were a few people in my room and one of them reminded me of a girl from back home that I went to elementary and middle school with. We also happened to go to th same college but lost touch. It was kind of weird to see someone that looked so much like her but it wasn't her. Since we had the same plans fo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-302523.html Dag 37. I dag ble vi vekket av vekkerklokke etter en vidunderlig natt paa hotellet nydelig madrass vidunderlige myke puter rent sengetoy og fluffy herlige haandklaer paa eget bad.Idag hadde vi bestemt oss for aa ta gondolbanen til toppen av fjellet uansett hvor lang ko det maatte vaere. Vi gikk forst tilbake til hostellet med tingene vaare. Der ble vi mottatt av Alexandria som jobber der med http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-302443.html Dag 36Vi sto opp i 9tiden og begynte aa pakke det vi skulle ha med til San Lorenzo. Etterpaa gikk vi ut og praiet en taxi rett utenfor hostellet. Taxien hadde sett sine beste dager alt av stotdempere og fjaerer var totalt utslitt. I tillegg var den nesten tom for bensin saa vi hadde en ldquopitstopprdquo paa en bensinstasjon paa veien. Takstameteret gikk selvfolgelig da ogsaa. Da vi naerm http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-302427.html Dag 3035. Sondag maatte vi bytte rom igjen Det begynner faktisk aa bli ganske irriterende aa maatte vike plass for andre gjester som bare skal vaere et par dager. Det positive er at det nye rommet var bedre ventilert og at madrassene var forholdsvis nye.Skoleuken begynte daarlig iallefall for Janes vedkommende. Hun hadde vaert forkjolet siden onsdag og fant ut at det var best aa snakke http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-302003.html Stop worrying people I'm fine I am once again functioning off of maybe six hours of sleep in the past three days. This is not good. I'm going to write about my bus trip and then head to bed after a hot shower. Today was so awesome you're going to love reading about it. The title of it will be How a city girl treks through Gargantua del Diablo in street clothes off of 20 minutes of sleep at l http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-301604.html Thursday night was a bit of a mad one to say the least. As my niece Antonella is heading back to Cordoba on Saturday as that's where she studys we decided it was a good excuse to have a BarBQ at our house for the youngsters. i.e. all of my nieces and nephews and their significant other halves. So after I finished a few hours of private tuition at the house I started running around getting ev http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-301491.html Endelig etter mye strev har vi klart aa skaffe oss mobilnummer her i Salta.Husk at det dyrt aa ringe fra Norge til Salta OG at det er 5 timers tidsdifferanse dere trekker fra 5 timer paa norsk tid. Vi setter veldig stor pris paa SMS Nummeret er 54 387 5130 146De neste ukene har vi undervisning fra 1317 dvs 1822 norsk tid. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-300712.html Dag 29. Vi hadde egentlig tenkt aa ta en guidet tur i helgen men siden Jane var blitt forkjolet smittet av Eirik fant vi ut at det var best aa holde seg i ro. Eirik gikk ut for aa kjope brod til frokost og kom tilbake med torre soyarundstykker. Paa veien hadde han observert en herrefrisor som han skulle faa klipt seg paa etter frokosten litt spent Frisoren klippet fint men siden Eirik ikk http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-299327.html dag 24 28.Vi not siste frokosten paa hotellet tok sekkene paa ryggen og gikk de ca 4 kvartalene til hostellet Hostel Terra Oculta II. Hostellet ligger i gaten San Martin mellom calle Buenos Aires og calle Juan B. Alberd. Rommet var heldigvis klart da vi kom. Etter innflytting gikk vi paa tokt etter skolesaker maatte ha blyant og papir til 1. skoledag. Klokken 13 denne dagen var vi igang med http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-299321.html Dag 23. Eirik var oppe tidlig han var begynt aa bli forkjolet. Vi satt lenge med frokosten og planla og ta en tur med den lokale ldquoUlriksbanenrdquo ut paa dagen. Etter frokosten gikk vi opp til plazaen plaza General Gumes hvor vi var paa marked igaar. Vi satt oss paa en benk og horte sondagsgudstjenesten via hoytalere som er plassert ut i gatene i hele byen. Solen varmet helt fantasti http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-299309.html HolaYup its another hot day outside and here I am writing to you all inside the cool internet cafe.... I seriously cant believe the amazing weather that weve been having its only rained once and that was the first day in Rio. Every other day has been in the mid20s with blue sky to go with it. The evenings are cool but so far so good apart from getting mugged by the mozzies...Anyway after http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-299234.html So it's a fact. I'm now officially 30 years old. I must admit that up until now I'm feeling good. It might have something to do with the fact that I'm currently hauled up in a 4 star lake side hotel with just the sounds of birds and lapping water for company. Oh... and Sergio of course So let's go back a few days to the BIG event and start from there.....Friday 11th July was a typical working d http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-298905.html This year I feel like the Queen of England as I'm having two birthdays. My unofficial birthday took place yesterday afternoon 9th July at a beautiful tea room in Salta city namely Sabor a T Translation for all you non Spanish speaking types A taste of tea. The 9th July also happens to be one of the most important public holidays in the Argentinean calendar Independence Day. For the majori http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-298167.html Having felt somewhat disconnected from the gringo trail recently it was a shock to find myself surrounded by backpackers on the bus to Salta. The amount of crispeating was astounding and I doubt even the most indigenous of villages would have sported such a collection of chullos. I noticed that the girl in front of me was learning some Spanish so nosy by nature I peered at the page she wa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-297677.html So of into the sun again this time south into the Calchaqui Valley for some hairy roads and more spectacular scenery. The first few miles out of Salta were fairly flat but soon we got into more interesting views and as we began to climb the road narrowed. We stopped for a brief coffee at an isolated cafe at the bottom of the Cuesto del Obispo the long winding road that goes up into the mountain http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Calchaqui-Valleys/blog-297108.html Dag 22.Siri og Kristian gifter seg idag mange gratulasjoner fra SaltaEirik vaaknet som vanlig tidlig og vi spiste frokost i 930 tiden. Den besto av croissanter med sirup og ristede skiver sjokoladepaalegg og syltetoy ferskpresset appelsinjuice og kaffete. Med all den sote frokosten og de sote kakene de spiser hver dag er det rart at saa mange er tynne.Eirik var daarlig paa morningen kan http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-296204.html Dag 21. Vaaknet med noe stive nakker og saare rumper etter en urolig natt paa bussen. En del av turen paa natten gikk paa grusveier saa det ristet en del. Etter en forsinket ankomst i Salta kl 1045 gikk vi spissrotgang mellom alle som skulle selge oss ledig overnatting. Vi hadde plukket ut en Bed Breakfast fra Argentinaboken Rough Guide men der var det dessverre ikke ledig. Det skulle http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-295463.html So another overnight bus journey this time around 11 hours from Cordoba to Salta. We knew that this wasn't going to be quite as luxurious as they weren't offering the same service. The seats reclined some way but were nowhere near as comfortable as the full recline though we did manage to sleep a reasonable amount. Dinner appeared to be a range of different cheese and ham sandwiches brown brea http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-294603.html First of all I am SO sorry I have neglected this I have been procrastinating and not sitting down to focus on the latest update I hope you are doing well...in good health... enjoying the summer up there. I hear particularly in CA there are some 1400 blazes going Glad Im not there How sad to think of the loss of habitat that must be occuring in the wild areas like we havent been los http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-293688.html Last night was the first of a handful of dates to see the Provincial Ballet Company of Salta perform two new works namely The Nutcracker Peter The Wolf. I must admit that when I heard they would be performing Peter The Wolf I regressed for a moment back to my childhood days of listening to the story on vinyl. Where do the years go So after having a moment I decided there and then that http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-293217.html After another full day of driving after leaving Uyuni we arrived in the town of Tupiza but with very little going on it was only used as a place to sleep for the night and we moved on. The internet was too slow to use here so I pass on writing a blog. The reason we had gone to Tupiza was because the miners were still striking so we had to skip our Potosi as we would not have been able to get into http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-290546.html So now I know why this place is called Salta. I spent the day on an excursion to Salinas Grandes the salt flats high on the Puna high altitude desert. We began the day by going back to Purmamarca to the same crafts market that we ok I saw on Monday. As the others on the excursion were all different people from before I used the opportunity to sit in the plaza and read.After Purmamarca w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-289075.html Today is a federal holiday somehow to celebrate Gaucho culture thus I did not go on any formal excursions. I slept in until 9 lazed around until about 11 and then headed over for mate at my favorite wifi zone. In the afternoon I decided it was time to explore Salta.All of the shops were closed today but there was a crafts fair in the park so I walked through that. At the other end of http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Salta/Salta/blog-288636.html