It’s six in the morning when we step foot on a desert street of Salta. The town is incredibly calm and quiet, as calm as the weather gets before a storm. We walk up the street as the sun rises, passing by parks where the first birds are waking up. The town, bathed in a […]
Why you go to Salta, Argentina
“I’ll never go there”: the dangers of travelling
Are there any countries you said you would never visit? Did you want to go somewhere but got scared off by something or someone? Is it dangerous to travel? Is it safe to travel? What are the dangers? Are holidays safer than a backpack adventure… Close your eyes and imagine China. Remember everything you’ve […]
The best places are always hidden- Molinos and Angastaco
November 2011 This is the second part of our off-the-track road trip in North West Argentina. So after Cachi, we took a bus heading to Molinos. As usual, we had no idea of what we wanted to see/do/find there. We just knew that we had to find a way to go from there to Angastaco […]
The best places are always hidden- Cachi
November 2011 After two weeks of urban life in Buenos Aires we decided to take a break from the speed, stress, pollution and noise of the city and head up North. It was a nice spring so we thought we would visit Salta and Jujuy before the temperature got too high. The mountains, the aridness, […]