The longest bus ride we took was from Buenos Aires to Salta; a grueling 27 hours on a bus with facilities that barely functioned, that is if you were brave and/or desperate enough to venture in. Salta is a beautiful city, with a grand central plaza that is alive with restaurants, music, shops and all sorts of folks strolling. We stayed 2 nights a few blocks away but moved over to a nicer place on the plaza. Everything was wonderful, grand old hotel with a graceful marble staircase, good accommodations and great service. We'd been up really early for a tour of surrounding areas so we were looking forward to an early night...so wrong, it turns out that night was a preview of a festival, so there were parades, floats dancers and piped in loud music, it all started about the time we went to bed...it was really funny actually, we thought...oh how romantic a room with a view of the main Plaza, but ended up with front row beds to a very loud party. The front desk was able to move us to another, more quiet room the next morning so everything was good. We did a few all day tours; we went to the Quebradas de Cafayate, the town of Cachi and the Cardones National Park, enjoyed amazing landscapes, prickly cactus and even played in the snow some. This is where we first begin to encounter evidence of the Incas.
It's been awhile and now I'm so far behind I'll have to give you the essence of much of the last 4 months rather than all the details...but that will be another day not today. I'll be back! In the meantime HAPPY NEW YEAR.
The longest bus ride we took was from Buenos Aires to Salta; a grueling 27 hours on a bus with facilities that barely functioned, that is if you were brave and/or desperate enough to venture in. Salta is a beautiful city, with a grand central plaza that is alive with restaurants, music, shops and all sorts of folks strolling. We stayed 2 nights a few blocks away but moved over to a nicer place on the plaza. Everything was wonderful, grand old hotel with a graceful marble staircase, good accommodations and great service. We'd been up really early for a tour of surrounding areas so we were looking forward to an early night...so wrong, it turns out that night was a preview of a festival, so there were parades, floats dancers and piped in loud music, it all started about the time we went to bed...it was really funny actually, we thought...oh how romantic a room with a view of the main Plaza, but ended up with front row beds to a very loud party. The front desk was able to move us to another, more quiet room the next morning so everything was good. We did a few all day tours; we went to the Quebradas de Cafayate, the town of Cachi and the Cardones National Park, enjoyed amazing landscapes, prickly cactus and even played in the snow some. This is where we first begin to encounter evidence of the Incas.
