Salta

Highlights:
- Gorgeous (but long!) bus ride from Atacama to Salta
- Getting a gondola up San Bernardino hill to wander around the park and see the views
- Having drinks with friends in the main square

Lowlights:
- No meals on the bus to Salta so just had snacks and we were very hungry!
- We had lots of errands to run, like pick up money from Western Union and get a SIM card
- The free walking tour guide never showed up (which we had planned out whole day around!)
- We were having so much fun at drinks that we only remembered to pick up our laundry at 9:30pm, at which time it had closed and we had a flight to catch the next morning. We messaged the owner begging for them to open again or early, to which they said they would get a taxi there now, but it turned out they owned a different laundrette and we had no way to pay for their taxi and our laundry was still locked away. Whilst at the restaurant we were waiting in a few doors down from the launderette, the kind waiter who was helping us with translation spotted the actual owner, who was incredibly drunk and happy on a night out with his family for his birthday, who assured us it would be open when we needed it to be the next morning! Thankfully it was, so a huge drama over nothing!

Food and drinks:
- An amazing tasting platter of traditional food, including various stews and empanadas
- Our first of many alfajores, a bit like two shortbread biscuits sandwiched with dulce de leche (caramel made with milk)
- Eating a traditional cake (meringue, dulce de leche, biscuit layers and nuts - potentially the sweetest thing I've ever eaten) and cheesecake in a beautiful patio looking at the church towerRead more