Salta la linda, meaning Salta the beuatiful. Named this I suppose because of the lovely colonial buildings and plazas and the way it is surrounded by the lush foothills of the Andes. Salta is part of what was the Southern most reaches of the expansionist Inca Empire about 500 years ago, before it was toppled by the Spanish. It is also home to some of the most interesting archealogical museams in Argentina and a base for tours into the northern villages reaching into Bolivia. I stayed there three days. Originally I was there to get my bearings and check out the churches, plazas and museams but I soon met some nice Argentinians at my hostel and hung out with them, drinking mate, eating empanadas and drinking beer. Gabrielle and Jose were two 21 year old friends
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