Man working the salt

Lookout for the LLama empañadas

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January 30th 2007
After leaving Mendoza we arrived in Salta expecting to find dry desert-like conditions, what we found was the opposite. Warm and humid air hung above the green palm trees of this colonial city. The architecture was reminiscent of Spain and the people and feel of the city were fantastic. We were pleasantly surprised by Salta. After spending some das just walking about, exploring the city and vi ... 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