The Train to the clouds The Train to the clouds or “Tren a Las Nubes” as it is known in Spanish is one of the highest railways in the world. It is a testement of the Argentina of days gone past when the country was more open to outside help. The rail way was designed…
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The Gauchos of Guemes procession A short film to show the procession of the Gauchos of Guemes. This procession is held every year in Salta to celebrate the life of one of the most influential generals of the war of independence in Argentina against the Spanish royalists. “Guemes was born in Salta into a wealthy…
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A massive area with huge variety Is there anywhere else in the world that has so much stunning variety of scenery and diversity of species in such a comparatively small area? We can’t say we know the answer but with our biased view, think it’s pretty unlikely. Whilst we are not keen on rattling off…
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Municipal Markets One of the joys of Latin America are the many and various markets. Its is possible to buy everything from household goods to fruit to T shirts to crafts on a street side market if you know where to look! Every large town has a market, usually covered, selling meat, fish, vegetables and…
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The magic of winter in N.W. Argentina The seasons in Argentina are, of course, the reverse of the northern hemisphere, but each have a distinct and charming flavour of their own as you will have seen in our last post. In winter most days are dry, sunny and warm. They can reach up to 30…
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And the forecast today will be ? As with the rest of the world, the climate in North West Argentina is a little less predictable than just a few years ago. It used to be that Salteneans would predict noticeable change from the date of each equinox, for example September 21st the first day of…
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Coming to our Senses ! We are a passionate group of like-minded people who have come together to offer what was really missing in Salta and the North West of Argentina. What was missing you may well ask, this place offers everything! well you are right but we saw that tourists were , for want…
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