Salta Travel Blogs

When a steak is over three inches thick, is it still considered a steak? Or half a cow.  We had heard the rumours about Argentinian steaks...and honestly, they are all true. Vegetarians beware, you will be converted if you come to this country. We are undergoing a bit of culture shock at…

We arrived at Mission Beach in the evening with the one and only purpose of jumping out of a plane to our death, with someone qualified (and hopefully a parachute) strapped to our back - yes we were going skydiving!  The jump was to take us up to 14,000 feet and we would free fall for a whole …

The border crossings are a breeze with the budget expeditions tour so I still have all of my stuff after crossing from Peru to Argentina.  The road was long and rough to get to Salta with a night of free camping along the way.  Salta had a much more urban and modern fell to it than any of…

We came, we saw, we left ........ but what we saw from the bus station was good !!!!! Half an hour is all we had after our 23 hr journey from Puerto Iguazu and then we were back on another bus bound for La Quita. We had great seats though, the real penthouse creme de la creme top banana perches at…

Che amigos!After an intense two weeks of travelling I've now arrived in Malargue, already one of the last stops on my trip. Non-functional computers, slow internet connections, power outages during blog-writing and generally action-packed days have made it a bit more challenging than expected to ke…

We arrived in Salta on the night of the 18th. Our guidebook (trusty Footprints) says the bus ride from San Pedro de Atacama to Salta is breathtaking. We both agreed that whoever thought this also thinks watching paint dry is exciting. Okay, so it wasn´t THAT bad, but it wasn´t thrilling either. I…

I was pleased to be leaving San Pedro and luckily the Gemenis bus journey was on time and after a quick stop at immigration to get stamped out of Chile, we were on our way to the Jama Pass 160km away.  The scenery along this route was great, lots of valleys, salt flats and deserts, which helpe…

Way back when I was in Buenos Aires, I decided to purchase a Boca Junior's football jersey. It has been the best purchase of my trip. Not only is it a nice, functional t shirt but it is also the best conversation starter I have ever had. Every time I don the blue and gold, I inevitably get app…

The change didn´t happen as soon as we crossed the border, but after shifting a mere 5 hours south in our (luxurious, air conditioned) Delorian bus I found that I had miraculously travelled forward in time 30 years to the year 2006. Salta is a thoroughly modern city and almost every…

My time in Buenos Aires was really short, i would loved to have spent a week here i really like it but i never accounted for how much of my time would be taken up travelling from place to place. The next trip i want to take is in Uyuni, the buses through Bolivia are rubbish and i can only fly as fa…

Hello All,After a bit of confusion I made my bus yesterday. I had bought my ticket in Arica two days previous, and apparently there was a mistake on the reservation. All was fixed, and I took my seat.... in the back of the bus... next to the bathroom... next to a 8 year old... with two of his young…

KERRY - So after the trip to the mines we decided that we needd to move on to a more sophisticated way of life in Argentina. Bolivia had not impressed us all that much and we wanted to move on. We have since met people who loved Bolivia and thought it was the best country in South America, so we ma…

Op 22 juli vertrek ik voor 4 maanden naar Zuid-Amerika. Het is waarschijnlijk een van de spannendse, boeiendste, gevaarlijkste en ruigste dingen die ik in mijn leven zal doen. Met deze blog kan je me volgen en een indruk krijgen van de avonturen die ik daar beleef.

From Feb to Sep 06 I visited every country except Paraguay and the Guianas (no offence to Paraguayans!). To see an overview, click on the photo to the left then "View Trip Summary". Highlights were Patagonia (Arg, Chile), Cordillera Blanca (Peru) and kitesurfing in Is. Margerita, Venezuela!

I´m spending around 1 year in South America, I had an amazing time. Enjoy my pictures, I'd do it again.