"The Castles"

This rock formation in the Quebrada del Rio de las Conchas is called Los Castillos. Apparently it´s privately owned, as are all parts of the valley so you can´t get very close to this bit. If I understood correctly, this area was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in the 90s but the title was removed when the local people (and owners of the land) didn´t comply with the strict UNESCO regulations. That´s Argentina for you, I guess!

Amazing North West!

November 18th 2005
It´s been a while since I´ve had access to a computer and we´ve visited the most amazing places since my last entry. After the two night journies between Iguazu and Salta, I think I´ll try and avoid them as much as possible in future! If you were to look at a map of the roads in Northern Argentina, you´d see that there´s one very long, straight road from Resistencia to Salta. One might imag ... 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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