Salta

Salta
 We arrived very late in Salta with heavy rain and lightning, looking for a hotel. After being lost we finally found a beautiful hotel/apartement in our budget. It had a beautiful bar for our homeschooling. The apartement didn't have a cofee machine so dad was making one himself the whole night. Salta is a not an organised city, except in the Plaza 9 Julio where all the students come for break-time, around the plaza are many terraces, restaurants, schools and souvenir shops with souvenirs from the Incas, like little colorful puppets and many items made from soft Llama wool. It all looks very attractive, but unfortunately I can't buy anything for my suitcase will be full and too heavy during the world trip. Salta is also an old missionary settlement and has also many beautiful churches and a cathedral. There are many students and schools in Salta and because it is hot here they break up at midday and even go back to school at 5:00 in the afternoon.

It seems that school has started after a long long long long summer brake.First 3 months holiday and then the unions organised a teachers' strike for 2 weeks!!!!.








Museum of High Altitude Archaeology Salta

 We went to the 'Inca museum' in Salta. It was a very interesting museum. In 1999 there were special mountaineers who went up Mount Llullailaco and found at 6700m height remains of the Inca's. They kept on digging and digging and found three Inca children buried under ground. The theory is that 500 years ago the Incas choose the prettiest child to offer to their gods and ancestors. They would celebrate, eat and dance and take the children to the mountains. Then the child would drink something that would make them fall asleep before they were buried close to God. It was a honor to be chosen. Now everyone wants to live, but 500 years ago they would want to be close to God. In the museum they showed one of the three children kept in a very special glass display with its own temperature to preserve it. It was amazing to see the Girl of Lightning (she was hit by lightning) with her knees crossed and lots of blankets and ceremonial treasures around her.

On the 19/03 we are leaving from the Andes back to the Capital Buenos Aires for a few days. Then on the 23 of March we are leaving for SINGAPORE!!!!

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Loes