Hola y buenos dias amigos! Ha ha thats the extent of MY spanish at least. Kristen and I left BA on Tuesday this week. We took the bus for 20 hours from BA to Salta, in the North West not far from the Bolivian border. Now twenty hours on a bus in South america sounds less then fun, yeah? Well let us tell you, it was AMAZING! First off, the seats fold out completely 180 degrees, we stopped and had dinner at 11 and it was empanadas and roast chicken, including dessert. We also gor breakfast and lunch and movies. Its important to note Kristens favorite part was the soap on a stick in the bathrooms you had to use when washing.
We got into salta and walked around in the afternoon, identifying necessary places like the town square, tourist info, market and bars. We had dinner at a barbacue at the hostel where we met a bristish couple and guy from italy and the staff here at the hostel, who have been wonderful and very nice. We had a lot of wine from Mendoza and stayed up til two chatting.
Today we hiked this mountain-hill thing here that has a gondola. We could see all of Salta the surrounding mountains and a lot of smog. we plan on staying til Sunday then probably go to chile. Have a good day!
