We arrived in Salta at around 8.00 Thursday morning. Upon leaving the air conditioned bus terminal, one thing was certain: Salta is very very hot.
Salta´s main attraction is the natural beauty of the surrounding area - desert, cacti, salt flats, multi coloured mountains and the like. We´d already been within 200 miles of the area 2 months or so ago, in Bolivia and Chile, and had seen all these kinds of things before, so we decided to be a bit different.
Taking the teleferico up the mountain overlooking the city, we found it to be packed with school kids on a trip. They took it upon themselves to be very friendly and ask us to translate things from Spanish into English. Yes, that´s right, I can successfully communicate on (almost) the same level with a Spanish speaking child.
More psychic exploration of the city with needles. And chorizo and mash for dinner. And an improvised arctic roll.
For today? Horse riding around the area with some gauchos, as well as a massive asado and some mate at their estancia (ranch), AND an epic England vs Argentina game of table football (lucky the little plastic players don´t have hands, right?).
And tomorrow?
Tomorrow we go to Paraguay.
Friday, 20 November 2009
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
No skydiving for us
The weather was bad this morning as well. Hooray for getting money back and not jumping out of airborne vehicles.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Cordoba
It´s very hot here. We got up very early this morning to go sky diving, arrived at the airfield, had the training, but were then told it was too windy and we couldn´t do it. Ah well, we´ll jump out of a plane at 2500 metres tomorrow morning instead.
Friday, 13 November 2009
Gracias por todo
Claudia, Francis and Melody,
If you´re reading this, we´d just like to say thank you very much once again for what has been a fantastic time in Buenos Aires, in no small part due to your amazing hospitality and generosity. We both feel that we´re so lucky and are incredibly grateful for everything you have done for us. Thanks also to Gustavo for a wonderful asado and ice cream in Palermo.
It was great to see you all again.
Francis, see you at Heathrow airport in a month. Everyone else, I´m sure it won´t be too long.
THANK YOU!
Gareth and Steve
(2 de los hermanos en las capas)
If you´re reading this, we´d just like to say thank you very much once again for what has been a fantastic time in Buenos Aires, in no small part due to your amazing hospitality and generosity. We both feel that we´re so lucky and are incredibly grateful for everything you have done for us. Thanks also to Gustavo for a wonderful asado and ice cream in Palermo.
It was great to see you all again.
Francis, see you at Heathrow airport in a month. Everyone else, I´m sure it won´t be too long.
THANK YOU!
Gareth and Steve
(2 de los hermanos en las capas)
Saturday, 7 November 2009
feliz cumpleaños adam
first: happy birthday to adam who is 23 now (!!!)
second: today we saw whales and penguins and elephant seals.
second: today we saw whales and penguins and elephant seals.
Friday, 6 November 2009
Good Air
Well, I just spent an hour and a half trying to up some photos for you all to see, but this computer is having none of it. I´m afraid my words alone will have to do.
When we last left you (save for a teasing photo of us at a Buenos Aires halloween party) we were shivering in Ushuaia, the southernmost city of the world (I´m going to keep hammering that point down). After a few days hanging out there, exploring the old prison, walking round Tierra del Fuego National Park and getting a boat into the Beagle Channel, we caught (and nearly missed) a flight to Buenos Aires. Upon disembarking, there was one thing on both our minds - "it´s bloody hot!"
So for the first time since northern chile, away with the fleeces, hats and scarves. It was then up to me to remember our way across the city, get on the correct train to La Lucila, (no problem), where we were warmly welcomed by Francis, Claudia and Melody. Despite the heat, it was great to be back.
Our week of this:
exploring the city, going to an Andy Warhol exhibition at MALBA, having an asado (Steve proclaimed it was "the greatest steak I´ve ever had") jammin´, kayaking in the Rio de la Plata, 2 for 1 Burger Kings, supermassive ice creams, a boat trip over to Uruguay, the aforementioned halloween party, and of course, having a great time hanging with great friends and not being a complete tourist for a change.
So since we have an extra 2 weeks added, we decided to go south (as if we haven´t been doing enough of that since, hmm, let´s see, July) for 18 hours to Puerto Madryn on Argentina´s atlantic coast. The nearby Peninsula Valdes is a hotspot for wildlife, the waters contain thousands of Southern Right Whales, that are nursing their young at this time of year, so can be seen in the shallows, metres away from the beach. Add to that seal, sea lion and elephant seal colonies, as well as the largest penguin colony in South America (over a million penguins), hopefully I can upload some photos soon!
When we last left you (save for a teasing photo of us at a Buenos Aires halloween party) we were shivering in Ushuaia, the southernmost city of the world (I´m going to keep hammering that point down). After a few days hanging out there, exploring the old prison, walking round Tierra del Fuego National Park and getting a boat into the Beagle Channel, we caught (and nearly missed) a flight to Buenos Aires. Upon disembarking, there was one thing on both our minds - "it´s bloody hot!"
So for the first time since northern chile, away with the fleeces, hats and scarves. It was then up to me to remember our way across the city, get on the correct train to La Lucila, (no problem), where we were warmly welcomed by Francis, Claudia and Melody. Despite the heat, it was great to be back.
Our week of this:
exploring the city, going to an Andy Warhol exhibition at MALBA, having an asado (Steve proclaimed it was "the greatest steak I´ve ever had") jammin´, kayaking in the Rio de la Plata, 2 for 1 Burger Kings, supermassive ice creams, a boat trip over to Uruguay, the aforementioned halloween party, and of course, having a great time hanging with great friends and not being a complete tourist for a change.
So since we have an extra 2 weeks added, we decided to go south (as if we haven´t been doing enough of that since, hmm, let´s see, July) for 18 hours to Puerto Madryn on Argentina´s atlantic coast. The nearby Peninsula Valdes is a hotspot for wildlife, the waters contain thousands of Southern Right Whales, that are nursing their young at this time of year, so can be seen in the shallows, metres away from the beach. Add to that seal, sea lion and elephant seal colonies, as well as the largest penguin colony in South America (over a million penguins), hopefully I can upload some photos soon!
Sunday, 1 November 2009
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