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After a long 11 hour bus journey, i arrived to Salta. stayed in a hostel called ¨terra occulta youth hostel¨...yeah don´t understad the name either!
I had heard so much about Salta, but after partyin so hard the previous few weeks, i just couldn´t fathom getting out and trekking or doing anythng remotely physically challenging. The train to the clouds ( had been shut down, so our best views were from atop Cerro San Bernardo...no more walking!! we took the telefrico up! stunning views over the surrounding mountain-side as the sun was setting!
Salta is one of the most southern cities in argentina, close to Bolivia, so i finally started seeng the mix of cultures. The people were smaller, stockier and definitely less attractive!!
The hostel was great...but me and my mate alex were put in a a twin bunk bed room that must have previously been a kitchen!! extremely cold at night.
and of course, given that it was last stop in argentina, we partied on our last night! headed out to a bar called Barney´s! yes...from the simpsons! it was colourful, bright and had photos of Barney everywhere..like no other bar! and the music cheesy
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street beside Iglesia San Franciscobut kept everyone dancing. Then headed out to ¨Club VIP¨- electronica and remixes...very cool...full of young people...danced till 5am and met a few locals...i have realised that i am not a shy guy- i go up to anyone and start chattin- commo estas? soy australiano...when they know you are a foreigner, they automatically like talking to you...as though i am something exotic!! ooh la la!!
On the 18th, grabbed a group of 5 others and headed to the border town called ¨La Quiaca¨...so we can cross the border early the next morning! to cross to its Bolivian twin town of Villason. get this- you can cross the border during the night, but there is no-one to stamp your passport!! dodgy. That night, we started feeling the effects of altitude as we had gone to about 3800metres high...more short of breath- talking would make you puffed!
We cross the bolivian border without a hitch...they don´t even check our bags!
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