Blogs from Salta, Salta, Argentina, South America - page 14

Hello people, Just a quick blog for Northern Argentina. After the incredible Bolivia tour (see previous blog) we had a nightmare 2 day trip on trains, foot and buses across the border to the city of Salta. Salta is a really beautiful city and it was nice to be back in Argentina which really has a feeling of continental Europe about it. We celebrated being back in civilisation again by heading out to one of Saltas famous parilla (meat restaurant) and gorged ourselves on amazing food before sampling Saltas pretty decent bars and night life. Salta like all South American cities is built around an amazing square which is perfect for people watching with a cold beer. The region around Salta is famous for two things, one is oranges which grow everywhere the square is lined ... read more

We ventured on another nice long bus ride from Iguazu to a smallish city in the north of Argentina called Salta. There is not a lot to Salta except a small old town, good steak and wine and lots of motorbikes. This was our first sight of the crazy motorbike riding that happens in South America - the most concerning bike we saw had a guy driving and a woman on the back holding a brand new baby!! We spent on afternoon up the top of one of the mountains surrounding the city admiring the view and watching the tiny sparrows plummet towards the ground after insects. The people in this city were so so friendly and did not seem to stop grinning !! One thing that was special about Salta was the abundance of sandwich ... read more

Salta la linda, meaning Salta the beuatiful. Named this I suppose because of the lovely colonial buildings and plazas and the way it is surrounded by the lush foothills of the Andes. Salta is part of what was the Southern most reaches of the expansionist Inca Empire about 500 years ago, before it was toppled by the Spanish. It is also home to some of the most interesting archealogical museams in Argentina and a base for tours into the northern villages reaching into Bolivia. I stayed there three days. Originally I was there to get my bearings and check out the churches, plazas and museams but I soon met some nice Argentinians at my hostel and hung out with them, drinking mate, eating empanadas and drinking beer. Gabrielle and Jose were two 21 year old friends ... read more

Wir haben unsere bisher laengste Reise hinter uns: Nach 24 Stunden Reisen im Bus mit nur 2 Stunden Unterbruch fuers Bus wechseln und Hamburger essen, kommen wir in Salta an. Und als ob wir noch nicht genug gereist waeren, entscheiden wir uns spontan, die (nur) dreieinhalb Stunden sofort weiter nach Cafayate zu reisen! Cafayate ist ein kleiner Ort suedlich von Salta mit einer gemuetlichen Plaza, welche von einer schlichten Kirche und einigen Restaurants umgeben ist. Das Staedtchen lebt nebst dem Weinanbau vom Tourismus, denn die Landschaft hier ist fuer Argentinien einzigartig: Schroffe maritime Felsen in allen Farben und Formen bilden spektakulaere Taeler und Schluchten (Quebradas). Erst bei der Anreise wird uns bewusst, in welch wunderbare Region wir fahren, so unternehmen wir in den folgenden Tagen eine gefuehrte Tour und Veloausfluege, um die Umgebung richtig erkunden zu ... read more

The 23 hour bus journey was not the most enjoyable aspect of the trip so far but it was not as bad as it sounds. We stopped quite a bit and had some food from the bus stations and also has some food served on the bus. There was a toilet on board and although it was emptied once it was nearly unusable by the time we got to Salta. I spent three days or so here and in the surrounding area. Salta is in the North east of Argentina but one of the first cities to be estalished by the Spanish and the colonial architecture is much more in evidence here. Baroque churches, white painted buildings with arcades attached or upstairs balconies with wooden balustrades. There is also a cable car which you can take ... read more