Blogs from Salta, Salta, Argentina, South America - page 26

Receiving very little sleep from the night before, I decided to get ready for the day. There were a few people in my room, and one of them reminded me of a girl from back home that I went to elementary and middle school with. We also happened to go to th same college, but lost touch. It was kind of weird to see someone that looked so much like her, but it wasn't her. Since we had the same plans for the day, she asked me if she could head out with me and I said, "Sure, why not?" We brought our guidebooks and maps out and wandered around the city, looking at the beautiful architecture. I didn't have my camera with me, but Evin did and she will be sending me those photos once ... read more

We arrived in Salta early in the morning after another night bus. We got a taxi to the hostel we´d booked only to discover that there had been another mix up with our reservation and there were no double rooms available. Luckily they had another hostel in town with space, they let us have a nap in one of their dorms for a couple of hours until the room at the other hostel was ready and then paid for our taxi there. After finally getting our double room we dropped our bags and went for an explore of the city. Salta is 1150 meters above sea level at the foothills the Andes and is surrounded by hills. Its a stunning setting, sunny, green and very tranquil. We headed to the main plaza which is surrounded by ... read more

Dag 36 Vi sto opp i 9-tiden, og begynte aa pakke det vi skulle ha med til San Lorenzo. Etterpaa gikk vi ut og praiet en taxi rett utenfor hostellet. Taxien hadde sett sine beste dager - alt av stotdempere og fjaerer var totalt utslitt. I tillegg var den nesten tom for bensin, saa vi hadde en “pitstopp” paa en bensinstasjon paa veien. Takstameteret gikk selvfolgelig da ogsaa. Da vi naermet oss, spurte han hvor i San Lorenzo han skulle sette oss av - og vi endte med aa bli satt av paa stedets turistattraksjon, elven. For tiden kan man med litt godvilje kanskje kalle det en bekk. Vi gikk tilbake mot landsbyens sentrum paa leting etter hotell. Vi fant et flott hotell, men desverre kom det ingen i resepsjonen i lopet av de 10 minuttene ... read more

Thursday night was a bit of a mad one to say the least. As my niece, Antonella is heading back to Cordoba on Saturday as that's where she studys, we decided it was a good excuse to have a Bar-B-Q at our house for the youngsters. (i.e. all of my nieces and nephews and their significant other halves). So after I finished a few hours of private tuition at the house I started running around getting everything prepared before the boys came home to light the fire. Setting the table, pulling extra chairs out from the house, making salads, preparing snacks. I did it all. In the middle of all this I had to shower, change and continue thrashing away at cutting up tomatoes and onions for my salsa appetiser. Thank god for food processors!! Around ... read more

Tirsdag d. 15 Juli: Fra Salta til Iguazu Afgang med bus kl 11.30. Vi har valgt en bus med Cama (det vil sige mere plads, da turen er på omkring 26 timer!!!! Det vil sige, at Nikolaj desværre ikke fik carma før den allersidste del af turen, da der ikke var flere pladser. ... read more