Beautiful Argentina

Well from my last update you should know I am in Argentina. I spent a couple days relaxing in Salta. I didn't accomplish much in Salta in the terms of a travelliing tourist, however, I did enjoy the ability to get proper coffee. I almost went mad having to drink the Nescafe instant crap in both Peru and Bolivia. So Salta is a quite cheap and beautiful city, full of friendly and beautiful people.


Salta From Above


Putting the God back in gaudy

Leaving Salta, Gerrome and I headed for Cachi, a little town three hours south of Salta. There I visited some unexcavated ruins. In otherwords a series of crumbled walls... not impressive at all. However, luckly that night was holiday for a guacho (cowboy), who was an important general in the war for Argentinian independance. The festival ws quite nice, filled with traditional northern dress and dancing.


North Argentina! C'mon and raise up.

The next day we left for Cafayate. This was my planned destination after Salta, but I'm glad I made the detour to Catchi. There is so much to do in Cafayate... too much to do! I went on a tour to two local wineries and a goat cheese factory...


¡Agentinians drink wine by the barrel!

Hiked to a river valley, but didn't have enough time to reach the waterfall...


You can touch but don't drink

And went on a valley tour/hike of various natural rock formations.


Devil's Throat

I still have some ruins I would like to visit, the largest and oldest in Argentina, and a tour of the local sand dunes on ATVs. I don't know if I'll have time for both though as I plan to leave tomorrow. I'm not sure where but I want to hit as many villages between Salta and Mendoza as possible.

After that I think it will be straight to Buenos Aires by July 9th. I turns out both the World Cup final and Argentina's Independance Day are on July 9th. I can only imagine the party in Argentina makes it to the finals... but with the way they have been playing it is not impossible. GO ARGENTINA!!!