We arrived refreshed in Salta after an excellent bus trip where we were supplied with 2 meals, blankets and a pillow which was complete luxury. We dropped our bags off at the hostel and went for a coffee in the town. We picked a place right in the main square which was pretty lucky as about 10 mins after we had sat down the square started to fill up with a brass band, a lot people on horses and some other strangely dressed people. A parade started and we had fro...

We set off on our second overnight bus journey for Cordoba hopeful of another good trip, unfortunately this was not the case. We had a man in front of us who was trying to gain entry to the Guinness book of records for loudest snorer. In between snorts we could hear a beeping from the bus which was continual from the moment we got on till we ran off the bus. When Helen asked one of the drivers about the noise they said they had no idea but 'it always does it'. I'...

After a 14 hour bus journey we arrived in Mendoza feeling surprisingly refreshed, the 'cama' reclining seat option had been a good shout. Things didn't get off to a great start when we walked 20 mins in the wrong direction from the bus station, lugging our bags in the blazing heat (I blame Tom's map reading skills, he blames the street names all being very similar). Even with sweat dripping in our eyes we immediately noticed how much cleaner and generally nicer ...

We arrived in B.A after a very long and uncomfortable plane journey (don't fly Air Europa) on Wednesday and set about getting the bus into town, which wasn't the easiest task with our limited Spanish but we finally made it to our hostel. We were staying in a smallish hostel which had no English speaking guests and only one bathroom so we were immediately thrown into the travelling lifestyle. After a quick power nap and shower we headed out into San Telmo, we had...