Club Hostel San Salvador de Jujuy

... very mountainious but treeless, probably to do with the high altitude we are at. Not long after hitting the road, the bus was stopped at a police checkpoint, where we, like all the other passengers had to dismount, and queue for our luggage and travel doucments examined by the police. We figured that our bus was stopped because it was a Bolivian bus company, and all the passengers were Bolivian. I guess the Argentine authorities are worried about smuggling, probably drugs. Though ...

... poked it with a stick. It reared up and so did we and then it flew off into the bushes. We have no picture of it because we thought it was dead. When we got back to the site our pasta packet was all over the place but our pasta was nowhere to be seen. Our only carbohydrate for the next two days. We suspected monkeys, but when sat down to eat our no carbohydrates and figure what we were going to do those tarty birds started getting fresh ...

... en veel argentijnse families die met kids en al op een heuveltje gaan zitten, de meeneem barbeque in elkaar draaien en daar lekker een asado (homp vlees) gaan braden. Pure cultuur! De dag daarna konden we gelukkig wel de excursie naar de twee parken doen. Eerst gingen we naar Ischigualasto, wat ook wel Valle de la Luna (Vallei van de maan) wordt genoemd. In het park waren super wazige rotsformaties te zien van wel 250 miljoen oud die door wind, water en allerlei interessante ...

... people sat, shoulders hunched; hugging thick woollen blankets to keep out the dawn chill as they waited although it was not entirely clear exactly what for. Crossing the border was scary in its simplicity and catching a bus here so jammy ... Peter went off to find somewhere to buy a ticket and returned minutes later, kind lady and young lad in tow. Whoosh, our luggage was stowed and we were seated (determined to have seats ...

... hills of different colors. Most of the tourists on the bus were getting off at Salta (including the two people from my Iquique hostel who were going to Argentina), I think I was the only one who got off at Jujuy (other than locals). One guy got off before me at Purmamarca -- the area looked great, confirming that I wanted to visit there while I'm up here. OK, that's it for now, will be spending the next few days in some really small towns with great scenery.

... faltó nada, todo muy rico y variado. Leimos el diario que al despertar nos dejaron en la puerta y nos fuimos para el sauna :) Confieso que por un momento, pense que las aguas termales era una mentira... porque? porque el agua salia helada jijiji Luego nos comentaron que las cañerias estaban frias y habia que dejar correr el agua hasta q saliera con la temperatura natural. PUCHA Q ESTABA CALIENTE LUEGO! Hicimos el ...

... the colonial headquarters now used as a museum, then headed to the central market which was a bit dodgy and disappointing so we cheered ourselves up with the best ice-cream in town. The last night was an early one as we had to get up at 5.30am for the wonderful bus journey over the Andes to San Pedro. It's so sad to leave Argentina but we feel ready to do so. We're looking forward to a new place and a trip into Bloivia.