We spent 4 nights in San Juan but two of those days we were on an overnight guided tour with Carrascal Viaje & Turismo. This is the start of our journey to Talampaya National Park.
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Argentina
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. He was on born February 14, 1811, in San Juan. He was outspoken about dictatorships and exiled to Chile in 1840 by Juan Manuel de Rosas (dictator of Argentina for 17 years). Sarimento wrote a book about de Rosas, Facundo.
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San Juan: Off the Gringo Trail
“What are you going to see in Puerto Rico?” People would ask when they heard we were going to San Juan (even though we said we were going to Argentina). So this became a bit of a joke with my Argentine friend and I.
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Jebus Mews & Andrea 