Salta - continued

Our Salta trip (continued)

This is the Franciscan Church, which while colorful during the day was pretty spectacular at night.....
We werent able to take pictures inside most churches in the country but some are truly remarkable structures. The art work and gold decorations areamazing. I actually bought post cards as a reminder.

Following the trek to the Alto Plano (Purmamarca & Humahuaca), we returned to Salta for a bit of down time and spending time touring in Salta. The city is layed in around a central square which has a park and numerous outdoor patios to sit in to watch the world.

We made sure we sat in this patio, it reminded us of being in Valley Ridge at our local pizza joint.

We toured a couple of museums in Salta. One is famous for the three children that were found mummified on the top of a nearby dormant volcano. It appears that the children were left there as part of a sacrifice. They only have the remains of one child on display at any one time. The preservation of the body is remarkable due to the altitude and lack of moisture where they had been left.

This museum, on the other hand, had an interesting weathervane on the roof.

The Goblin Irish Pub is down a side street from the plaza. A much quieter spot, out of the way of the rush of the plaza but the beer was just as cold!

Monuments are an interesting thing if you take the time to examine all elements of them. There is a monument to General Guemes in Salta that looks out over a portion of the city. We were with a guide who spent 30 minutes describing this monument alone. What was pretty cool was this little perro (dog) who was part of the story as well. Despite his size, he didnt escape the grafitti which is prevalent everywhere.

They also have moving advertising in Salta. This guy has speakers on the front of his trike and he just drives around town with his little billboard. The noise from the speakers just adds to the noise of the street.

We took a city tour and went out to San Lorenzo which is a suburb of acreages (and castles) outside of town. we stopped here for lunch.

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