Preparing for altitude

Salta

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July 29th 2008
This is the north of Argentina and sadly our final stop before heading to the border to Bolivia. Salta is a big town that is overrun with backpackers of all sorts of shapes and sizes. It is a very nice town where you can find lots of hand made artifacts from lama woolen jumpers hats scarves gloves you name it, you can find it here on the streets or in the shops. Lots of hand made jewellery from t ... 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