Blogs from Salta, Salta, Argentina, South America - page 4

Salta - skulle efter sigende være en perle i det nordlige Argentina. Men ulig Steinbecks perlefiskeren lykkedes det os aldrig helt at finde perlen i Salta by. Den var fattig, rodet, urolig og med meget få rimelige restauranter eller cafeer. Den sidste aften var der store demonstrationer i byen, som der har været i mange områder for nylig i Argentina. Det lokale politi havde derfor beordret alle butikker til at afskærme deres forretninger for at undgå plyndringer efter demonstrationen. Dog fandt vi et lille dejligt hotel ved byens Cathedral, og vi havde en vidunderlige dagstur i lejet bil til Cachi, hvor vi passerede fantastiske kaktuslandskaber, bjerge mv. Vi kom her op i 3000 meters hoejde, og stiftede for første gang bekendskab med coco theen, som skal blive vores foretrukne væske i det høje Peru !... read more

Hello all, For some of you this is the first time you have been fortunate enough to read my words of blog wisdom (in my defence, most of you asked to receive this). Consider yourself luckily, my UK family and friends have been bored by this for years. For those that have travelled south America I expect you will not be reading anything new, but its my adventure so humour me here. Also, as my grandmothers, colleagues and dearest Ma and Pa are reading this you will have to wait for me to get back/ email me to hear about near death experiences involving guns or juicy gossip. No major ones to report yet (all is well Dad, no guns in sight). Will stop talking about guns. So, it was a quick departure from Perth as ... read more

The bus ride from San Pedro to Salta in Argentina was fantastic. We traversed a pass nearly 5,000m above sea level and descended nearly 3,000m down a steep, windy road which offered great views. Salta is the biggest city in northern Argentina and I decided I hadn’t quite eaten enough steaks just yet. I also spent a day on horseback traipsing some typical gaucho country. I wasn't previously a huge fan of horse-riding considering my family owned a pony as a kid which I rode maybe 5 times in 12 years, but I was actually pleasantly surprised how much fun I had. The horses make the same trek every day so they know exactly where to go and operate on auto-pilot. If you try to make them do something different to what they normally do they ... read more

Ah Salta, you have made up for the bus trip from hell to get here. Leaving Mendoza at 8pm last Friday we were in good spirits after having spent a nice week in Argentina's 4th largest city and wine capital. Soon though, our spirits were dented as not long after a somewhat passable dinner was served, a loud clunking sound started emanating from the back of the bus. It was not a good sound, and was even louder when the bus changed directions between lanes or around corners. The drivers soon took notice and started stopping the bus to check on it every 30 minutes. After a few hours we found ourselves in a very small & dusty truckstop of a town disturbing the local mechanic from his friday night beer drinking (it was midnight by ... read more

Hi all, Tme to catch- up on some long due updates from our trip, I have actually been pick-pocketed a couple of days ago so me and Carmen are stuck in La Paz until i can get my emergency passport done... Other items in my wallet included national ID, driving licence and credit card. It was to be expected that something would happen on such a long trip it just sucks when it happens. Anyway... Our route from San Pedro took us to the beautiful city of Salta in Argentina, based on recommendation from fellow travelers along the way we opted to do the famous Uyuni salt lakes jeep tour from Tupiza in Bolivia, welcoming a less busy road (than the one from San Pedro) and better landscape - the best alternative for Tupiza was to ... read more