Salta had a boomerang effect, we ended up back in town on three separate stops in between travels. The city and the region has a laid back charm and lovely people that make you not want to leave.
On our first stop there, we stayed in a little village Cerrillos just 15 kms outside of the city with a lovely Brit/Argentinian family Nick, Alicia & little Calixto. Their B&B was recommended to us by John who we met on the Ecuador project, family friends of his, their home was a home from home (http://www.ponchohuasi.com/). With a toasty fire, great hospitality and all the PG Tips you could want, it was perfecto! It was however freezing cold on our first visit to Salta, so we wondered the markets and plaza's all wrapped up & spent a day down on a gaucho ranch riding, drinking vino tinto and enjoying an asado.
For our next stops the weather had seriously warmed up, away with the woolly jumpers and on with the sun dress! Opting for some city life, we stayed in the center of town at a sociable hostel where we drank lots of vino and enjoyed chatting over steak suppers around the big dinning table.
Kept fit by jogging around the local park and walking up 1070 steps instead of taking the cable car to check out the view of the city... but undid this saintly work with a big fun night out in the Balcarce (party street) with roomy Steve (lovely Aussie guy we met on our Bolivian travels) and some other friends we made at the hostel.
Argentinians are night owls, it's hard to keep up! Dinner is at 10pm and you don't hit the bars until gone midnight, needless to say in the space of an evening a serious amount vino can be enjoyed.... and the worlds worst hangover accomplished. Ouch but very worth it!
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