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Day 29 - Salta

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February 7th 2009
After a long 12 hour bus ride we finally made it to Salta. When we got to the bus station we were surprised to realize that everyone was staring at us, children and women included. We were by far the whitest and blondest girls in the place. We couldn't wait to get out of there. We waited for about an hour to get our Salta-San Pedro ticket (I think I already mentionned companies have random open ho ... 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