Hotel Emperador Cafayate

... de83, il fait voir letat de lacaisse<br>on sarrete 40 borne splus loin car il yaune grde bodega, mais malheureuisemt elle est fermee pour cause de travux... dommage<br>on sarrete dc ds un petit boui boui, on reveille un vieil homme qui nspresente sapetite cave sans articuler... cest tres sympa<br>on finit par boire un coup frais ds un autres boui boui et on piaille ac 3 hommes venus de mendoza pour planter des vignes ici... belle rencontre....<br>on est nase ...

... for lunch and a dip. It was great to be walking through the sort of country we'd been driving through previously, and although the water was very cold (only Evan swam) it was very beautiful. And we weren't the only ones mad enough to hike during siesta time - the hottest part of the day.<br><br>After a stop back in town to check out the famous wine-flavoured ice creams - both the torrontes (white) and cabernet (red) were very ...

We took a full day tour to Cafayate, which is about 2 hours south of Cerrillos. Our van had a dozen passengers, a guide and a driver. Only Juan, the driver, spoke some english, so Gaspar and I sat in front with him. I noticed that Juan was constantly pulling something from a bag between his legs and putting it in his mouth. At first I thought it was some sort of snack, but he just kept taking more and more, and he is a thin guy, so that ...

... end there as at 3am there were talks of going <br>to the pub and of we went to Barney´s Pub (the simpsons). There was a group of about 10 of us from France, Scotland, Argentina and Ireland having to walk 8 blocks to this popular pub and we didn´t have a clue where we were going. Of course it turned to football as they had a fuzzball table and it was each country for itself. Argentina of course mainly winning ha ...

... across. My favourite so far:´The politicians urinate and the environment gets wet¨ (i like that the true meaning has probably been lost in translation). So far on my days in Argentina, there are many sides to the country - as there are in any place. There is the very wealthy houses of Mendoza and Salta streets that look very colonial yet completely guarded by metal railings over doors and windows and lack any front porch ...

... Un cop fets tots els tràmits per obtenir el cotxe demà matí, anem al centre per conèixer la ciutat. Avui és l'aniversari del pare de l'Eva, doncs, busquem un internet-cafè amb skype. Al ser diumenge, quasibé tot està tancat. Dinem una bona amanida a un restaurant a la Plaza de Armas i, voltem pel centre. Trobem les dues noies mexicanes que vam conèixer al bus i s'apunten amb nosaltres ...

... Wieczorem wyszedlem razem z Markiem na miasto, byla sliczna pogoda, bardzo cieplo wiec niechcielismy sie kisic w hostelu. Po zmroku Salta nabrala jeszcze wiekszego uroku :). Odwiedzilismy Katedre, zrobila na nas spore wrazenie, troche sie jeszcze powluczylismy, zrobilismy zakupy w tym miejscowe piwko "Salta" i wrocilismy do hostelu. Pogralismy troche w bilard i niedlugo potem bylem juz w lozku.

... while we all struggled to stay awake. Pro Yungas is a non-profit organization that is working to preserve the forests of northern Argentina (they call the forests Yungas) and work with the people that live in these yungas to help make a more sustainable lifestyle. That night we felt kinda like B-list celebrities do cause all these people were taking pictures of us, haha. Saturday 19th- we got to explore the yungas for the first time with Lucio and our other ...

Today was ALL about the wine tours ;)<br><br>We had a nice lie-in, eventually getting out of bed at about 10am before strolling to the square and deciding on a place to rent some bikes. <br><br>We'd already decided to head off into the countryside today to explore a few of the local "bodegas" (wineries or vineyards), plus a local farm specialising in goats cheese which ...

Our alarm screamed us out of sleep at 5:30am, but we got straight up, did all our packing and were out the door by 6:15am which was pretty good. <br><br>There wasn't a taxi to be seen on the streets outside, so as it was a pleasant temperature and 'only' about 15 blocks to the bus station, we decided to walk. Or as I told Katie, let's START to walk and we can always get a taxi somewhere en route if necessary ...