Salta

We flew this morning from Mendoza to Cordoba to Salta. The city of Salta sits in an agricultural valley in the northwest corner of Argentina. The province is between the Andes and sub Andean ranges. It has a population of about 800,000 and is very proud of its gaucho traditions and Incan heritage. We stayed in the area of Tres Cerritos (three hills) in a lovely small boutique hotel, Kkala. Our first day here, our guide took us up San Bernardino hill. Then we went to the nature preserve of Quebrada del rio San Lorenzo in the leafy suburbs of San Lorenzo Village. Last we visited the main square. People are friendly and relaxed, except when driving,

Rugby is as big a sport as soccer. The highlight was the archeological exhibits at Museum of Archeology and High Mountain of Salta (MAAM). It contains the cryogenically preserved bodies of three children sacrificed on top of a local mountain by the Incas and related indigenous peoples, together with the precious artifacts the children were buried with. Heartbreaking and incredible at the same time.Read more