Blogs from Salta, Salta, Argentina, South America - page 9

I had been pleasantly surprised at the smoothness of my travels up until this trip....as everything seemed to be going according to plan, and I even tended to arrive earlier to places than expected. Therefore when I left for Salta from Tupiza at 8 in the morning, I was relatively sure that the estimated 8 hour journey would have me arriving in Salta before sundown.....little did I know that the Quiaca/Villazon would prove to be a 4 hour wait. Now I´m all for national sovereignty....and countries having their own border....but I think it is really archaic that I had to wait 2 hours at the Villazon border to leave Bolivia and 2 hours at the Quiaca border to enter Argentina. I think it is quite logical that someone leaves a country has to enter another country.....so ... read more

Salta: My wife and I lived in Salta for several months and know the region. We just published a mystery novel set in the region, which should have all the background information anybody might want to have read before visiting the area at a very affordable price. The book, "The Empanada Affair" is available from Amazon as a Kindle E-book for $0.99. Go to www.amazon.com and search their book section for "empanada affair". Click on the picture or title to get to the page where you can buy the book and at the same time you can download a free Kindle reader application. The book has chapters that describe Salta, Cafyate, Jujuy, Purmamarca, Cachi, Humahuaca, and much of the rest of the region. You can also get descriptions of food, wine, and artisanal crafts from the ... read more

Wow, tiden gaar alt for staerkt. Det er nu naermest en maaned siden sidste update, og jeg foeler virkelig, jeg skal finde tiden til at saette mig ned og faa skrevet. Der er jo altid noget at lave, steder at besoege, nye venner at drikke kaffe/oel med - og derudover har jeg vaeret steder, hvor internettet naermest foerst lige er opdaget, hehe. Men men men, jeg maa ogsaa hellere holde jer lidt orienterede om, hvad jeg tosser rundt og laver. Jeg tog modvilligt fra mit surferparadis og begav mig til kystbyen La Serena. Morris' laeresaetninger skulle nu staa sin proeve... Var surfing kun en mulighed under min laeremesters kyndige observation og instruktion. Nej!! Tvaertimod gik det mindst lige saa godt, og med et stort smil og gaapaamod og en gennemstroemmende lykkefoelelse surfede jeg paa den chilenske ... read more

And so, the intrepid travellers followed the Andes further north and settled in the town of Salta. This brought on great sadness, not due to Salta which is a beautiful colonial town, as it meant an end to the adventure in Argentina. Let's address Salta first of all. Like all of Argentina it's inhabitants are very friendly and would glad do anything to help you. It is a mishmash of modern stores and stalls at the side of the road selling lampshades. I gazed upon some of those lampshades longingly I have to confess. By the second day, W had firmly ensconced herself in a cafe called Van Gogh. I was unaware that he had travelled here and to my lack of surprise he hadn't - however there was a photocopy of a painting of his ... read more

In the end, I think Ciaran and I spent a bit too long in Salta and so feeling on the place in the end were undeservably a little rougher than they should have been. Staying as long as we did though, couldn't really be helped as I had the dreaded man flu for the first couple of days. Feeling rough and getting ill in Salta, I put down to the huge bus journey we'd undertaken in arriving. Between the three legs, the bus journey had taken a whole day and night. Jet lag is something that is very easily avoidable, but simply adjusting your sleeping pattern a little and staying awake longer than you'd like to, but this sort of bus journey is impossible with popping a valium if you want to sleep. We didn't have ... read more