The mountain to climb.........

Feliz Navidad from Salta

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December 25th 2005
Salta is beautiful!! A city in the NW of Argentina, surrounded by stunning green mountains and buildings with great colonial architecture. It is 1190m above sea level and has a great plaza, fab for christmas breakfast! We wanted a spectacular view for christams dinner and thats just what we got! We walked up 1070 steps, with our packed lunch to the top of the cerrosan bernardo mountain at the ... read more

South America » Argentina » Salta

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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