Thursday 30th March 2017
Salta – City Tour, and San Lorenzo
Visited the San Franciso church, which has the tallest spire
in South America (allegedly), decorated in plum red and gold. 
The cable car was working, but the weather was dull and
misty, so we drove up to Cerro San Bernardo to wander around the man-made
waterfalls and wait for the clouds to clear to get a glimpse of the city
below. 
A nice statue of General Guemes, who was a bit of a Robin
Hood character – giving to the poor.
Therefore became a hero to the Gauchos. The statue shows his Gaucho troops in disarray
and then moves around to show them fed and disciplined under his command. They
managed to repel seven powerful Spanish invasions from Bolivia between 1814 and
1821.
On to the town of San Lorenzo which was on the opposite hill
and full of gorgeous posh houses with courtyards, swimming pools and lovely
gardens. Walked along a river through the forest, trying to spot the birdlife
and failing miserably. Back to town via a
craft market, but all seemed a bit pricey and we’d rather wait to get
ponchos/gloves etc when in Alpaca countries.
Dropped off back by the Cabildo, where we took up position in the same bar with Gunna’s leg raised and iced. Set menu of chicken/veg roll, steak in sauce with risotto, fresh fruit salad. 190R each plus Salta beers (55R (£3) for litre bottle). I finally found a post office and bought two stamps for postcards – 140R, which pretty much cleaned us out of all our Argentinian money. Walked back to hotel and sorted out emails and blog. Early night ready for VERY early start tomorrow. Setting alarm for 4.15am. Ouch.
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