Blogs from Salta, Salta, Argentina, South America - page 13

Ola, The bus ride from San Pedro de Atacama was long but beautiful! We rose up and into the Altiplano at approximately 5000 metres before continuing on to the Argentinian border where we had to wait for a painfully long time because three of the four men working there were too busy checkig facebook. When we finally got to show a border guard our passports, the woman we had was slamming with the stamp down with such force that we were surprised she was not putting a hole in the table. We continued along the road and went past some very pretty lakes before entering some mountains. At this point the mountains became a canyon that we sliced our way through as we ascended to the summit of the mountain on the otherside. There were plenty ... read more

¨Travel is the best form of education. Personal encounters with people who are different from ourselves make us feel more sympathetic. Intolderance often arises from ignorance of another person´s needs and way of thinking.¨ So says my little book of Buddhism that was randomly gifted to me in Chinatown, Singapore by someone who assumably thought I looked like I needed help... But I´m inclined to agree... But thus far, still under two weeks into my three month excursion through South America, I must confess that I have felt very much on the periphery out here. And I think it can be attributed to one factor... Language. And the problem is mine and very much an English one. Not Spanish. As someone who grew up in the Home Counties, a part of the world where many people ... read more

SEE ENGLISH VERSION BELOW sziasztok csak egy rovid bejelentkezes, hiszen tegnap ota nem sok minden tortent velem. ma voltam cafayete-ben egy szervezett turan es csodalatos tajakat latam szinte mint a grand canyon nehany hely. koran reggel indultunk, aztan 2 ora utan elertuk quebrada de cafayete regiot, ahol megkaveztunk egy helyen majd folytatodott a kirandulas. megint lattunk szines hegyeket, szurdokokat, kaktuszokat.. hasonlo volt az eddig latottakhoy de megis MAS. nagyon jol erzem magam. ja-hiaba iratkoztam fel az angol nyelvu turara.. az idvez angolul beszelt, miutan hallotta hogy kepes vagyok megszolaLNI spanyolul.. ezzel csak az a gond, hogy mindent azert nem ertek 1 ev spanyoltanulas utan.. de ok azt hiszik hogyigen... mert amit el tudok mondani spanyolul, azt hatarozottan erthetoen teszem.. es semmi gondom azzal h beszeljunk spanyolul, de ha feliratkozok egy kirandulasra-... read more

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 though - first country not to have one). We followed the straggling line of tourists walking to the bus station in La Quiaca and were dismayed to find that the next bus to Salta (that we could see - the station was rather a melee of offices and locals) did not leave until 8pm - in 4 hours time. This was doubly disappointing as the journey was only scheduled to be 7-8 hours ... read more

SEE ENGLISH VERSION BELOW sziasztok megerkeztem saltaba, jol vagyok. tegnap ismet segitettem a haveromnak a lakasok egyiket kipofozni, aminek o a managere. aztan osszepakoltam, es kimentem a buszallomasra. ott alig talaltam meg a kaput, ahonnan a buszom indult.. sikerult bepanikolnom, de aztan vegul minden jol alakult. a busz kenyelmes volt-aggya alakithato ules valamint meleg vacsora.. de 18 ora buszon akkor is sok. saltaba erve fogtam egy taxit a hotelbe, ahol most is vagyok. delutan koruljartam a varost. nincs tul jo ido, ma felhos volt itt. talan holnap jobb lesz. a terv az, hogy megnezem a varos hires muzeumat ahol 3 andok beli mumiat oriznek, aztan fel a kilatoba a felvonoval. onnan gyonyoru kilatas nyilik a varosra.remelhetoleg szep idoben! holnap utan meg szervezett kirandulas a 7 szinu hegyhez-cerro de los siete colores, ami purmamarcaban van. nem olcso, ... read more