This colorful and pleasant city is surrounded by the Andes mountains. Salta has more of a Spanish influence compared to the rest of Argentina. There are museums, art galleries, and beautiful churches throughout the city. Very charming city.
South America
I visited this site in March 2010. Machu Pichu was still closed at the time due to the floods that had occurred in January 2010 which resulted in the closing for tourist to visit for months. I had to look for an alternative place to see the Incan Ruins and I’m really glad I found this. This [...]
The World Heritage Site of Colonia del Sacramento is the oldest town in Uruguay founded in 1680. The Calle de los suspiros otherwise known as the Street of Sighs, takes you back in time with it’s cobblestone streets, quite vibe, and small shops. The same goes for the entire town really.
In Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, you can rent a motorbike for the day and drive around the empty streets outside of town. On both sides of the road were plain open fields that seemed to go on forever. I had lost track of time driving on the road. I hadn’t even realized how far I [...]
Literally in every direction, there were water falls. It seemed never ending. The thunder of water can be heard from afar. This video from Wandering Trader captured it on film pretty well. This video will walk you through the entrance of Iguazu Falls Argentina all the way to the Devil’s Throat (Garganta Del Diablo).
On the shore of Colonia del Sacramento, I ate a a sandwich bigger than what I could bite into. The massive sandwich had bacon, ham, olives, a thin filet steak, mushrooms, onions, eggs, mozzarella cheese, and mayonnaise. As Uruguay’s national sandwich, it’s called the Chivito.
After nearly a month traveling around Bolivia, I cannot tell you how relieved I was to be in La Paz with more options of food than the usual chicken and rice that seemed so prevalent throughout Bolivia. The Star of India restaurant was recommended by a few hostel mates, listed in Lonely Planet, and popular for the worlds most dangerous Vindaloo.
Well, I tried to be creative. Besides the few things they missed to tell us about the Salar de Uyuni tour, it was definitely one of the most fascinating places I have ever been to. I wish I was more prepared for what I was about to see. A search on Flickr shows that some people were a bit too prepared but were very creative.
“One shop in particular, I’m told, is a clearinghouse for drugs. Armed with the proper introduction, in I went. In lieu of a traditional greeting, the owner simply asks me what I’m looking for, and how much of it I’ll need. “And, yes, we have cocaine,” he adds as an afterthought…”
I love attending music events in different parts of the world. Buenos Aires was no different for me and once I discovered La Bomba De Tiempo, I started to attend this event nearly every Monday. The tribal rhythm is an addictive sound that somehow controls you to move automatically. The conductor may even control you and tell you when to clap, jump, or sing. There’s nothing like it anywhere else and it takes place every Monday in the wonderful city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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