Colonial building in main plaza

Salta

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March 22nd 2013
We arrived in Salta at around 6.30am after our last, crazily expensive, 18 hour bus journey in Argentina. Wooooooo! After a short taxi ride we got to the hostel and luckily there were some beds free in our dorm so we got to nap for a few more hours. When we got up, we got showered and headed into the main plaza for breakfast where there are lots of little cute plaza-side cafes. We also went to do ... 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