Blogs from Salta, Salta, Argentina, South America - page 15

I landed in Buenos Aires, feeling the air of familiarity wash over me as I caught a taxi back into San Telmo. After another night enjoying the best night life Palermo had to offer I boarded a night bus which whisked me away to the north east corner of Argentina and the city of Salta. Salta is a very agreeable city hemmed in by wonderful green hills with a pretty colonial centre. The 18 hour bus journey had dropped me in Salta early in the morning and I had to walk for about 10 minutes in the blistering morning heat to get to my hostel, which was conveniently located one block from the main square. The city is quite vast and is the principle settlement in the north-east of Argentina. The colonial centre however is quite ... read more

Salta is gelegen in het noorden van Argentinie, we hadden er de mogelijkheid om vele uitstappen te doen, maar het prijskaartje dat eraan vasthing heeft ons doen besluiten om er de meest interessante uit te kiezen: de uitstap naar 'Salar de Jujuy' en 'Tren de las Nubes'. We zijn bij het vroege ochtendgloren vertrokken en hebben eerst een klein bergdorpje bezocht waar al de marktkramers ondanks de vroege uurtjes al hun kraampjes al in gereedheid hadden gebracht voor de toeristen. Vervolgens door het prachtige ruwe landschap verder gereden naar Salar de Jujuy. Dit is een zoutvlakte gelegen in het noorden van Salta. Hij is minder groot dan de zoutvlakte in Bolivie, maar daarom niet minder mooi. Nadat we de zoutvlakte hebben bezocht, zijn we gaan eten in een klein dorpje in the middle of nowhere. Na ... read more

As we approach our exit from the great country of Argentina, we reflect upon the highlights and the top tens of places seen and things done, people met and personal victories won. Little did we expect that we would be embarking upon a city of profound depth that would rise to become one of the pinnacles of our experience here in Argentina. We arrived in Salta and settled into Hostel Yatasto; a very friendly hostel that made a convenient home base to explore the surrounding streets, countryside and hills of this cultural Northwestern mecca. If I have one regret, it is that we did not spend more time here. At this point I would like to make a quick note about ageism. Ok, not that we actually encounter any serious discrimination based on age, but ... read more

Welcome to Argentina. Salta is a nice city with a comfortable feel but not too much to do. During our time in the city, we took a small tour which involved a nice ride around in an open bus for a couple hours. The bus was cheap and we were able to see several churches, monuments, statues and other important buildings so was worth the wait (it wasn´t an arranged tour so we had to wait at the bus stop for it to come around). We also took a ride up the Teleférico (which was over-priced and not worth the money). We had a couple nice meals at a fancy steakhouse and Braeden was really happy to finally have a good piece of meat (the steak was about the size of his face!). We also saw ... read more

Arrival in Argentina was not without a long 24 hours of travelling from SUcre in Bolivia but it seemed worth it when we saw beautiful blue skies and and locals wearing shorts and vests again. The Altimeter on my watch went under 1000 meters for the first time in over 2 and a half months which was interesting, I was starting to get used to the climate at high altitude. When our bus finally stopped the clouds opened up and began to pour rain to our surprise. We were camping unfortunately so we jumpde in a taxi and made our way to the camping site. It was creeping up to 7.30pm and the daylight was beginning to seep away so we knew we had to be quick. We arrived in a huge downpour but luckily when ... read more