Blogs from San Antonio de Los Cobres, Salta, Argentina, South America

A huge altiplano (plateau) in the middle of the Andes, part of which used to be an ocean has now become what they call Salinas Grandes. It is a vastness of salt - until the eye can see. To get there we had to climb again. This time we came up to 4170m above the see level. Pure air, salt, lamas & donkeys - that is all one can see here! Salt is still extracted at the salina. It's other purpose is to be the stage for silly photos tourists make. Although it was kind of fun doing these... This was just a great place to visit. Certainly unique. To think we're so high, over 4000m of altitude, on such a vast plain, and on meters of salt layers!! In the last three days we have ... read more

Well are we having a bloody adventure or what, it is 11.00 pm all the others have gone to bed and I can hardly keep my eyes open, so I hope this is'int to disjointed, you will have got an idea of what we have been through if you read Charlies comments. We have arrived in San Antonio de Los cobres, well most of us are here. Alec took a tumble yesterday, as far away from civilization as you can get. He was in quite a bit of pain as he brock his colar bone and cracked two rear ribs, now we all know howthat hurts. Earlier in the day Tom threw his Suzuki over a bank, but was lucky as there was a lot of scrub to stop him cararing down a 100 ft bank, ... read more

Buenos Dias! The last week I took a trip to the province of Salta (nothern part of Argentina) to help with the opening of an archeoligical museum 11,500 feet in the mountains. It was a great experience so I am going to tell you all about it! I left Buenos Aires last Saturday at about 8 oclock pm for a 20 hour bus ride north to the city of Salta. Now when I say bus, I don´t mean a crappy old greyhound bus. The long distance buses in Argentina are like traveling first class in an airplane (almost). The seats are large and comfortable; breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided; and movies are played every couple of hours. Due to this fact, my ride was rather enjoyable and I slept during most of it. Sunday afternoon ... read more