Blogs from Salta, Salta, Argentina, South America - page 7

After trying countless times to upload photos onto this blog, I gave up and started a google blog to put them on. So, to see some photos go to this website: www.tdjgidman.blogspot.com Enjoy. They´re not all there yet but soon will be, although it´ll just be a selection of photos from each place because they take a long time to upload.... read more

Last cooking for a few days!! We woke up and put the kettle on. We had to borrow matches from another group staying on site as our matches were inexplicably wet (although it probably didn't help that someone had left them out in the rain after partying all night). Kumuka Overland was staying here and we took the opportunity to have a nose around their bus which was much bigger and cleaner and totally differently organised inside. We cut fruit for a fruit salad - including the leftover melon from lunch time and the uncooked bananas from the night before. We toasted stale bread on the gas burners and then basically sat raround most of the day not doing too much which was actually quite nice. Ed went white-water rafting at 3.30 pm but Jo opted ... read more

We both slept really well as the bed was comfortable and went into breakfast for 8.00 am. A glass of orange squash, a cup of coffee and a mini Danish-type pastry and a triangular thing that was a little like a scone with butter and jam... We walked towards the main square as we needed to change the little Chilean currency we had into Argentinian pesos. We stopped at a coffee shop (as only one cup of coffee at breakfast in the morning is insufficient). We each had a really nice latte which was brought with a big glass of soda water and a sample piece of cake. There were really long queues outside every bank and we walked into one that changed foreign currency and asked why all these people were queueing. Apparently, they all ... read more

After a 24 hour bus journey from Iguazu, we finally reached Salta. The bus journey was actually pretty smooth and we all came out of it having had a good sleep and feeling pretty chipper. We made our way to the hostel that we had pre booked and managed to get in our room as soon as we arrived even though it was early in the morning, this meant we could get sorted and head straight out. The hostel itself was a weird one in its layout, and it wasn’t the nicest or biggest dorm room we have ever stayed in, however it would only be for a night, so we couldn’t really complain. The first thing we wanted to do was get on the cable car that takes you a fair height up one of ... read more

Salta here we come..... Not quite as hot here even though we are near to the top of west Argentina. Hired a car and head up in the mountains to a maximum height of 4170metres. All of the towns are very Indian sounding with Humahuaca, Purmamarca, Cachi, and it goes on....... Travelled some rugged, terrible roads, mostly on Route 40. Our little 2 wheel drive hire car lasted the distance driving through sand, mud, streams, potholes, winding around the mountains, and not one flat tyre. We saw the most amazing landscapes - lush forests, salt pans (Salinas Grandes) multi colored mountains some covered in cacti, most bare. Climbing up high into the clouds, with your ears popping at great heights. Then on down south of Salta to Cachi and Cafayte (wine country) and had the opportunity ... read more