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Foto Friday – Cafayate, Argentina
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 18 February 2011
Numerous wineries in the area will give complimentary tours and wine, how could we resist?
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The Sensational Colours of Salta
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 22 October 2010
I am sure it could be considered cheating, but due to time considerations we chose to fly from Buenos Aires rather than take a 24 hour bus trip. Shame on us, I know, but we are not hardcore bus fans so sometimes the easier option is simply the easier option. We stayed at a nice [...]
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Salta Highlights
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 24 August 2010
We arrived in Salta in Northwest Argentina with plans to stay for a week or so. Two months later, we are still here; still appreciating the beauty of traveling indefinitely and our newfound ability to exchange Best Laid Plans for whims and fancies without worrying about timescales or onward destinations.
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Vegetarian Survival Guide to Argentina
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 17 August 2010
We had been warned that Argentina would be a difficult travel destination for vegetarians – it’s the home of the steak after all.
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Road Trippin’ – Northwest Argentina Part 2
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 10 August 2010
We rejoin our heroes and their noble beast as they are preparing to leave the wind-swept plains of Cachi.
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Road Trippin’ – Northwest Argentina Part 1
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 5 August 2010
Our Silver Stag bounded down Highway 68, the sun glistening off the reflective hood. Salmon rocks surrounded us in great shoals, rising up high to the edge of the road before falling back into great wide expanses while all the time backed by a vast ocean of blue.
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Day 96-97: Hitchhiking the back road to Cafayate
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 23 May 2010
Truckload of builders heading back to work It's hard to rub this smile off my face. I'm 30, but for once since 21 I feel invincible again. Here we are on the back of a pickup truck we just hitched, mountains in our faces, wind in our hair, bouncing along a lonely dirt road in northern Argentina. The unserviced back road to Cafayate We wanted to do a circular route around the wine region of
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Day 93: Do you believe in rainbow coloured mountains?
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 15 May 2010
Fourteen Colour Mountains - Northern Argentina Jujuy wasn't really part of our original plan until we heard about it from a Taiwanese traveller we met in Medellin. He told us about the mountains of seven colors here (at Purmamarca); I was intrigued and determined to see for myself. During our tour to Bolivia's salt flats & the southwestern landscapes, we actually saw what they called the
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Day 92: Arriving in Argentina
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 15 May 2010
Humahuaca Wasn't quite ready to leave Bolivia this morning... But all that changed when we got off the bus at Humahuaca, a small town in the Jujuy region in northern Argentina. There was something magical about this place. I haven't had a chance to even see any of Humahuaca but I just felt it in the air. Maybe because we're finally in Argentina... It was by chance we met Jose, our hostal
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Quebrada de Humahuaca: hidden Argentina
Blog: PocketCultures - 5 May 2010
Have you ever heard of Quebrada de Humahuaca? This magical place high up in the Andes has been inhabited for the last ten thousand years, where traces of pre-Hispanic civilizations and their culture can still be seen today. Also, this mountain valley located in the province of Jujuy in northwest Argentina is the tail end of the famous Inca Trail (Camino del Inca). It was part of a major trade route used from prehistoric hunter-gatherers to traders and officials of the Inca Empire to modern-day tourists.
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¡Salta, la linda!
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 17 January 2010
Salta, the beautiful...as it is known around these parts. When we first got to the city a couple of days ago, Pete and I were not convinced. Another noisy city with crazy traffic. The city parks could all use a facelift and the area where we stayed felt kinda sketchy.And then, we gave it a chance. We settled in after our overnight jaunt to gorgeous, quaint Cafayate, and put our bias against cities aside. We took it all in, thanks in large part to the guidance of our friend Ruth who knows the city well.
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Worthy side trip
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 15 January 2010
We arrived in Salta and enjoyed one day, only to leave again the next on a 4 hour bus trip to the small community of Cafayate. We were a little road weary at this point, having already spent a significant portion of the previous 48 hours on buses, but we couldn't pass up the opportunity to join our friends Gill and Ruth on this excursion to Argentina's second most significant wine region that is also the home of our new favourite little grape, the Torrontés.
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The Country Mice
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 6 January 2010
From small town relaxin' to big city sweatin'...Monday afternoon we begrudgingly left Alta Gracia and rolled back into Cordoba.And two nights in Argentina's second largest city was enough for us. The streets downtown are narrow and crowded, the traffic is frequent and loud. Our hostel was pleasant enough and remarkably clean (especially given it's immense size). But after only a few hours in the city, these country mice were ready to get on the next bus out.
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Wobbly Wine-tasting in Mendoza
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 23 October 2009
After the camera-death incident, Salta did nothing to improve my mood. After warm, sunny San Pedro, I arrived in Salat to find it in the grip of the coldest spring they’d had for 60 years, with even daytime temperatures barely rising above five degrees (oh, and it was cloudy and raining too). The local camera [...]
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