Some of my more recent adventures included a trip to the city of Salta (capital, Salta, La Linda) I went there with Lu, my Argentine roomie, and from the capital we went on a bus tour to Las Salinas, giant salt flats, and Cafayate, a mountainous area that made me really want out of the bus more! There were a lot of interesting people in our tours, and in our hostel. Lu had a night of full english immersion with me and two Australian girls from our hostel, who were hilarious. Meeting the backpackers in the hostels makes me definitely want to do it someday.
Some funny highlights of the trip: A Swiss girl was also in our hostel and she was very quiet and a bit creepy, I dubbed her 'Asesina' (spanish for murderer haha) We bought a bottle of wine for the girls in the room, but discovered we didn't have a bottle opener. Someone said, 'we need a Swiss knife' and....wouldn't you know who had one....the Swiss girl...it was on her pillow. Asesina saved the party!
There were many jokes about ways to die in Salta, invented by Lu and I, since many of the things we did seemed a bit less than secure! For example, the second tour through the mountains, the tour guide told everyone to sleep for the first hour, because it was very early and raining outside. The two tour guides and all the tourists were sleeping, except me, and I watched as our driver started to get sleepy as well!!! terrifying, but still funny.
Salta is big on siestas, and we discovered how many tourists were there during siesta. All the stores closed and all of the Salteno people went to take naps. Then all the sad tourists wandered the streets, looking for something that was open haha. Obviously including us. Lu was mistaken many times for an American, because people heard her speaking english, and she has lighter skin. Very useful for getting into clubs! ;)
Pictures speak for themselves, so on to the good stuff:
