4th-6th July Salta is a go to town on the gringo trial. You can tell why, it is a huge city but as the feeling of a small one, there aren't many high rise buildings and each building is different from the next. Towards the 'manzana' the prices go soaring up but it is the prettiest square so far. The town feels more 'touristy' and they have a lot of artisan shops to mosey around. James booked another nice hostel and was good to relax after our journey slumm...

30th June- 4th July We only had a six hour bus journey to our next destination of Córdoba, Argentina's second largest city and very much a university town. Our accommodation was nice we had a private double with en-suite, fancy, we know. One of the ladies that worked at Mosada Hostel (where we were staying) was my favourite Argentinian. She was so friendly and was OK at English but spoke Spanish really clearly and slowly for me that we actually managed a ...

26th-29th June Rosario is where the designer of the Argentinian flag was born and where it was first raised. This is a pretty big deal and they have built a big monument in honour of the first flag. So big in fact that we got an elevator to the top to see views across the city, along with about 30 local school kids adorning their weirdo school uniform. The weather was so good the first day and coming from a chilly BA we got straight back into shorts and fl...

23rd- 25th June Colonia del Sacramento, an old smugglers port was our one and only stop in Uruguay. It was such a lovely town, cobbled streets, old Portuguese style architecture, great views across the ocean and friendly people. We decided to stay an extra night here as we enjoyed pottering around the historic town so much. The highlight of our stay here was our day with a dune (or doon if you're James) buggy. It was bright green and we 'ragged' it all ove...

21st June Puerto Madryn was the only area of BA that we hadn't explored so with the promise of good weather we went to the most expensive district. There were a few famous sights this side of the rive but personally the best thing we found was a parilla (Argentina BBQ) where we had a delicious snack of BBQ meat in a lightly toasted baguette sized bun with a choice of about 20 condiments and salad none of which I have seen before. It was all delicious and a b...