The road where the Tren de las Nubes would have been...

Salta, road trip, and the Aventura de la Llave Perdida

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March 20th 2009
I spent a great week in Salta (after getting over my stomach bug.) I ended up hanging out with a great couple from the UK as well as another guy from the UK whom I had met a few days before at the hostel in Buenos Aires. The highlight of my time in Salta was when the 4 of us rented a car to do a 2-day road trip to visit the nearby sights: the Quebrada de Humahuaca, with the famous "Mountains of ... 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