We don't plan on spending a full week in Cafayate (pronounced Ca-fa-shate). We're only supposed to spend a few days there, take our rental car back the 190 kilometres to Salta, and then hop on a bus bound for the
If you plan on traveling the world for a year, you'll have to budget. There's no way around it. Ask any traveler who's been to Argentina in the last 3 to 5 years, and they'll tell you it's dirt cheap.
The Quebrada de las Conchas (also known as the Quebrada de Cafayate or the Gorge of the Shells), is a dramatic brick and ocher-hued landscape located in the Calchaqui Valleys of northwest Argentina. Ninety million years ago, this area was
Founded in 1582 by Spanish Conquistador Hernando de Lerma, Salta was originally intended to be an outpost between Lima, Peru and Buenos Aires. Today, it's known as Salta la Linda (Salta the Beautiful), and has become a major tourist destination
The violent past lives strong in the memory of the South American people. The past decades have seen revolutions, coup d’états, and right wing fascism, everywhere South of the Rio Grande. Explosions were a common occurrence in the streets of
