Cerro Chico Tilcara

... br>la visite est tres interessante...<br>je file ensuite au village jachete des fraises et je retourne chercher mon sac chez vanessa... ms cets ferme.... du coup je loupe pour premier bus ce aui mempechera de marreter ds le prochain village... jattds pour le 2e bus, mais vaness ne renbtre pas, je me remue ciel et terre pour la trver, je fais les resto , les bars, le voisinage et je finis par demader aux voisins si je ...

... warp to a time when America was a more traditional, conservative place. I think its like being in Iowa in the 1930's...(as if I know what that means, right?)<br><br>The north of Argentina is absolutely breathtaking - I have never seen mountains like there and such amazing colors and light. We set up camp along the road along side a river nestled by surrounding farmland. We had a great nights sleep. <br><br><br><br> <br>

... I think might be bad for my system. I hope there is "still, fresh" water tomorrow *yes, i was thrifting in bolivia ** the woman said (not sure if it´s true) that at the border you actually get a better exchange rate because they can just walk across and change. If true, this is different than anywhere else I´ve ever been, where the border/airport/train station is the worst place to change. Bolivia is different...

... us with large plates of mash and veg, along with plentiful jugs of local red wine, all to the accompaniment of local musicians, including the charismatic Carlitos himself. As the wine flowed, the pain retreated ,and I realised that what had begun as a desperate day had undergone a total turn around, and I was having an absolute blast, in refreshing company, with great entertainment, and a bellyfull of mash, being washed down with good cheap plonk ...

... life out of the place in order to pull in the tourists. And pull them in they do, in droves. It´s picturesque, the surrounding mountains are beautiful, but everywhere you go, you´re surrounded by teenagers (even more bored with it than you are) hawking the same ¨handmade¨ mass-produced trinkets you´ve been seeing for three countries, all while ...

... 22nd- A fine day full of hiking!! We went up a mountain to see the Garganta del Diablo. It was about two hours hiking up, but really pretty views of mountains and such. The Garganta del Diablo is a ravine with a river way down below. we hiked up the river for a bit until we reached a waterfall, then rested for a bit and ate more bread.. After that we went to Pulcara- a place where there were ancient ruins. It was restored for the most part and everything looked too new ...

... out great. We all sat at the table and it was really pleasant; a great feeling of community between us all. This was more our Easter dinner than anything. Sunday the 23rd- We took a bumpy bus to a different town nearby called Pumamarca. This place was smaller than Tilcara, but had some pretty things to offer. We paid 20 pesos each to be driven to Las Salinas- the salt flats. It was an hour in a car going over a large mountain pass that was ...

Llegamos a Tilcara, el clima no podría estar mejor, nos instalamos en el hostel "Los Molles", averiguamos horarios de colectivos para nuestros siguientes viajes y ya nos encomendamos con un guía para ir a la Garganta del diablo. La caminata de una hora terminó accidentada, una compañera yanki que se nos sumó al grupo (tiene mala suerte la quinta integrante? mmmm) se esquinzó el ...

... decided to say thanks to Evo Morales and the new visa reciprocation law as I now needed to fork over 100 us and jump through hoops of red tape to get into Bolivia. I thought I was all set until I discovered there were no casa de cambios in the whole town. After Looking for hors and refusing to take the bus all the way back to Jujuy (8 hours) I found a black market dealer who had exactly 100 US in an alley. Got a bit ripped on the exchange but at least I was on my way.

... the leafy suburbs of San Lorenzo. The park is a temperate forest at the base of the hill, we see an interesting array of Argentinian mansions complete with swimming pools, gardeners and grizzly guard-dogs. Back in Salta it´s back on the bus for another overnight bus journey to Mendoza. This time we travel with Andes Mar. The 20 hours with reclining cama seats passes quickly watching the Godfather on Sony flat screen TVs, Spanish bingo and a hot meal with wine.