BUENOS AIRES REDUX

Well, we’re back in Buenos Aires to close our trip. Today, a few images I didn’t get into the earlier posts: a couple of cool buildings, and a few tourist cliches such as the obelisk above. I don’t get why every city thinks it has to have one, and...

HUMAHUACA GORGE

Well a picture says a thousand words. So maybe I should just shut up and let you see some pictures. You’ll immediately recognize the Seven-Coloured Mountain. I wasn’t exaggerating, was I? It all happened when the earth’s plates smashed up, with...

ARGENTINA: A LITTLE SALT WITH YOUR FRIES?

Yup, you’re looking at a heckuva lot of salt. This salt plain is en route to the Humahuaca gorge and the famous Seven-Colored mountain. It goes as far in all directions and is twelve feet deep. The miners who carve the blocks straight down are on a day off. So,...

CACHI — PLUS A PRE-INCAN CIVILIZATION

Cachi is a very small and very beautiful colonial town about a five hour drive from anywhere, aka Salta. It’s in the pocket between two sets of mountains, so that despite how arid everything is around it, it’s actually quite lush from the underground water...

PAGING DR. FREUD!

Mixed in with the mountains in the Cachi gorge are stretches of cactus plains.Careful where you sit!Pablo also took us on walks through the rugged countryside.And into cattle canyons.But the real point of this post is to show you the fun we had driving. Remember how I...