Salta is simply a magnificent city and has been the highlight of our trip so far. Salta is also known as “Salta la Linda” which means Salta the Fair and it really is a beautiful place. The colonial architecture adds to its charms and it is surrounded by low mountains which makes it a very…
We departed from Tucuman on a humid morning and began an exhausting climb up the mountains, well, the bus we were on began an exhausting climb. It was a rather treacherous mountain pass to say the least and it reminded me a lot of some of the mountain passes we have travelled in Mpumalanga, very…
Alright, we left Tanti Hostel and moved back down to Cordoba as we had to connect via bus to Tucuman to trek further north. The one great thing in Argentina (and throughout South America I believe) is that they have an absolutely amazing bus network system. These are not just any buses (We have used…
Well, we were in the city of Tucuman for a few days and the Wifi was patchy there, we then moved onto Tafi Del Valle where there was only one place in the whole village that had WiFi and so it has been difficult to put any news on the blog for the past week. …
We have spent the last 4 days in the Punilla Valley just outside the city of Cordoba in a small town called Tanti. It really is a small place with only approximately 4700 residents living here. It has been a wonderful place to settle down for a few days. It has been quiet and peaceful…
We arrived in Cordoba and soon realised that Argentina has some really huge cities. These cities are on a par with any city in the world, they are busy, restless places and never does the noise stop. In fact, Buenos Aires is one of the noisiest cities in the world and Cordoba is the second…
Alejandro and Mariana were our first couchsurfing hosts ever. We have hosted many couchsurfers back in SA, but have never surfed a couch. We had an absolutely amazing time with them, they have a beautiful apartment in the old part of Buenos Aires called San Telmo. The apartment is really a reprieve from the hustle…
We had the privilege of couchsurfing at Sergio’s home in Fune, our second couchsurfing experience. Fune is a suburb in Rosario. Rosario is an interesting city with a lot of history and lies next to the Rio Parana a navigable river that has ships travelling to Brazil from Rosario and oven from Buenos Aires. At…
We have just arrived in Cordoba after leaving Rosario this morning. Rosario was a lovely city and our couchsurfing host – Sergio was amazing and he had a beautiful home and was a really good chef. Right now though we are bushed and are probably leaving Cordoba tomorrow for the mountains, so once we settle,…
San Telmo is one of the oldest neighbourhoods (Barrio) in Buenos Aires. It has cobbled streets, small narrow lanes, beautiful buildings and amazing deli’s and street food. Last night, at about 8pm I strolled through the streets and captured some of the essence of San Telmo, just a few images, I will post more as…
