NW Nomad

• Cinco de Mayo - 5th May Fiesta with Spirit of South America Travel 2 weeks ago So many travelers touring with me in South America, or more particularly those visitors from the US, ask me what we're going to do for 5 de Mayo that I have to pop up a quick note here to let...
• Salinas Grandes Weather on the salt flats Argentina with spiritofsouthamericatravel.com 2 weeks ago One of the especially awesome things of the many things about going up to Salinas Grandes - the salt flats between Argentina and Chile situated at 3300 metres/ 10,827 feet above sea level, is the way the weather changes through...
• Chakana Raymi - Inca Andes Festival 3 weeks ago There are many ancient festivals from Inca and Pre-Columbian eras dedicated to reverance for the Earth and the SUn, Moon, Stars, WInd, Rain and their other Gods and Goddesses of the natural world. Inti RAymi is perhaps the most well...
• Salta to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile into Uyuni, Bolivia 4 months ago We have been getting a lot of enquiries recently about travel from Salta across the altiplano to San Pedro to Atacama in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Not surprising as it's a great drive across the salt flats and SP...
• Dakar Rally 2013 in Salta, Argentina 4 months ago The Dakar is coming through again today and causing a huge disruption to travel plans. Last year, Hilary and Jason's trip was completely reworked otherwise they would have been stuck at Colome (possibly the best place in NOA to be...

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