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After San Pedro we needed a change. We have had enough desert, and were longing for green. Since Augustas got another website project, and Argentina is definitely a cheaper place to work in Internet cafes, we decided to head to Salta. We were lucky since two days after making a call on
www.autostopargentina.com.ar website for needing a place to stay, Federico from Salta invited us to his house. Off we went.
Our hitchhiking to Salta did not start successfully. After three hours waiting on the road towards Paso Jama, the most Northern border crossing from Chile to Argentina, we figured there was no traffic at all. When finally a private car stopped, we thought about a marvel, but it turned into a nightmare. Suspiciously watched by a Chilean couple we embarked upon following dialog.
"Where do you go?"
"To Salta, like you." We did not seem convincing. "We are two Europeans travelling to Salta."
"Do you have passports?"
"Yes, we can show them to you." I was about taking mine out, when the driver said,
"Do you have your exit stamps from Chile?"
"No. We will get them on the border of Argentina."
"No, you won't. You have to go to the building of Customs (Aduana) in San Pedro to get your exit stamp. On the Argentinian border is no Chilean immigration office. You need this one here." He showed us his exit paper. We swallowed.
"Well then, it seems we have to go back... Thank you, though."
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