Salta

Salta and hello Argentina!

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July 30th 2010
Villazon was a bustling town, made prosperous for being cheaper than its Argentinian neighbour La Quiaca therefore more popular for thrifty tourists. Avoiding the numerous shoe, textile and cake shops that lined the route to the border, we changed our remaining Bolivianos into Pesos and completed the crossing, waiting for 30mins on the Argentinian side for our entry stamp (strangely, no entry form ... 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