Blogs from Salta, Salta, Argentina, South America - page 29

(written by Holly) Well, we're getting on to the blogging bandwaggon quite late, but having just been recommended this site but fellow travellers Michael and Sarah, Jane and I are going to have a stab at keeping it updated. Please excuse any typos and excessively dull bits! So, where to begin? A brief recap of our route so far would be a good place i suppose. We left England on 27th March 2008, and flew to Buenos Aires where we had a fantastic few days watching Tango Shows, attending political demonstrations, walking round graveyards for the wealthy etc. We befriended a guy from Utah called Nick and he came with us when we then we headed south-west to Bariloche, which is in the Argentinian Lake District. We all went horse riding, which was amazing because it ... read more

Salta is a pleasant town in the North of Argentina with a pretty main square, and an Irish bar which showed the European champions semi-final! (poor Liverpool) The surrounding areas though have some of the most spectacular scenery I have seen so far this trip. South of Salta is the Parque Nacional Cordones - the cactus national park! I know we'd already seen a cactus forest in Chile, but that was like a window box in comparison to this place. There were literally thousands of them......as far as the eye could see. Some were up to 10 metres tall, and they grow at rate of about 1-2cm per year, which makes them pretty old. Some looked like little people, some like big hands and others just looked like rude hand gestures! Further south there are loads ... read more

Day 1 Heres the thing, half way through our bus journey which was supposed to take us upto a place called La quiaca in the North of Argentina, we had a change of heart, we met some english blokes called Chris (who is now called Mike because i kept forgetting his name) and simon, apparently they were heading over to Salta where you could get a train directly to the desert town of San Pedro which sounded quite cool, so we hopped off at a city called Tucuman and changed our bus to salta, we arrived at salta at 2am and hopped in a taxi to our hostel to get a good nights sleep. Day 2 Uh Oh, apparently you cant travel everyday to san pedro from salta, so we were all stuck in san pedro ... read more

Argentina has amazing diversity in it's landscape! As we drive to Cafayate we go through the Sacred Valley of the Indians, where there is lush green vegetation at the bottom. Nearer the top we are surrounded by cacti, bare mountains and desert conditions! We then drive to Salta rafting and drive through absolutely beautiful bare red rocks and mountains with green shrubery as well. 4th April In Salta I visit the Museo de Historical del Norte set in a beautiful courtyard but all in spanish so I don't really know what it was about! Then I go by myself to climb the 1136 steps up Cerro San Bernardo, a hill overlooking the city (yes they have them everywhere). The steps aren't too difficult and although it is red hot they are in the shade. It is ... read more

Ok.....tried to upload them on to the blog and am having HUUUGE difficulties. So....I have uploaded them on to my Photobucket page. Here is the link: http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/meakah/Pampas%20in%20Bolivia%20Mar%202008/?mediafilter=images Have a gander! Hope you enjoy! I will upload more when I have more time.... PS. In the midst of updating the blog as well....... read more