Blogs from Cafayate, Salta, Argentina, South America

Bonjour à tous, La voiture une Volkswagen Suran, c'est un genre de Golf, elle doit être rentabilisée avec 128 000 km au compteur. Par rapport aux épaves qu'on voit circuler, elle est neuve. Il ne doit pas y avoir de contrôle technique, car certaines on dues faire pas mal de séances de stockcar. L'hôtel hier au soir, dans une ancienne maison coloniale aménagée en hôtel, les jardins étaient magnifiques. Devinez qui j'avais comme voisins de chambre, mon parigot et sa péronnelle. Hier au soir on se croise, on échange quelques mots sur la journée, nous avons fait le même parcours, et je ne sais lequel des deux, me dit: bien, mais il y a que des paysages à voir, je me suis retenu de dire si vous aviez bien regardez, à droite de la montagne, après ... read more

Hey Bloggers, As it was cold we lay in bed all morning, just reading and using the Internet, we got up to grab the free breakfast though (bread, jam, coffee, juice). For lunch we went to ‘la casa de empanadas’, an empanada restaurant, which had 12 different ones for 80 pesos, they were Buenisimo!! We bumped into one of the girl’s who was working in the Loki hostel in Salta, we chatted for a while and left her as she was heading back to Salta that night. We then walked 3-4 km to the vineyards that were circled on our map from the hostel. We couldn’t find one of them and another didn’t do any wine tastings so that just left one to do: Quara Finca. It was free at least but we had to go ... read more

Hi Folks, So we got up early this morning as we were leaving Loki hostel in Salta at 8.45am to catch the bus at 0900 as it was 30 mins into town and our coach was at 1030 to Cafayate. We paid our tab bill, which was only about £40 for three nights and all food! We got to town with plenty of time to spare so we got some snacks and water and got to the main bus terminal. It was simple to talk to the driver and show the tickets and soon enough we were on our way. We wanted to stop at Cafayate as it’s well known for wine and goat’s cheese, all my favorites. We arrived in Cafayate about 3pm, we hadn’t booked a hostel but thought we would have a walk ... read more

Sad to say...we have less than 2 months left in Buenos Aires....so here is our last trip in the north-west provinces....but what a trip! We'll have to agree that I book my trips months ahead...playing with the school calendar as soon as I can put my hands on one...summer 2017 anybody? Well, this is Argentina...last year the school was off for the all week of 1st of May. This year, I fly in on Tuesday morning for my little crazy two weeks round-the-world. I show up at school the same Tuesday afternoon...to find out, this year they only have 1st of May, a Wednesday off....flights are paid, hotels are sorted out, long distance tickets are in hands....we are going...the school will be off for four more days for Tiffany and Leslie. And all this, with the ... read more

Gan neįprasta, bet aš po truputį priprantu prie vietinių nuorodų. Jei kasnors sako, kad Salta labai įdomi vieta, tai nereiškia, kad nuvažiavęs į tą miestą pamatysi kažką įdomaus, miestai čia panašūs. Argentinoje visi didžiausi miestai taip pat yra ir provincijų pavadinimai, tad dažniausiai ir kalbama apie visą provinciją, o ne apie konkretų miestą. Ir net jeigu sako, kad būtinai reikia aplankyti tos provincijos mažą miestelį, tai dar nereiškia, kad miestelis kuo nors įpatingas. Dažnai tiesiog šalia miestelio yra kokia nors lankytina vieta. Taip ir su Cafayate, miestelis labai turistinis ir visi tikrai pasakys, kad turi čia apsilankyti. O mieste jokių stebuklų, tvarkingas nedidelis, turistinis miestelis su panašia kaip visuose miestuose centrine aikšte. Tiesa čia dar aplink miestą nemažai vynuogynš, tad galima dar ir vyninėse apsilankyti. Jostelyje užsisakiau abi siūlomas ekskursijas, vie... read more