the 4th day we spent it in the city
fixing travel tickets, and trips
one of the trips we booked is this one, a 2-day trip to Purmamarca, a little town in the province of Jujuy
we get to the town on the first day, and on the other one we go to Humahuaca, and back to Salta
so...too many photos to do in just one entry, so ill post the first day first, and then in another one, the second half of the trip
we wanted to take the "Tren a las nubes" (train to the clouds) which is very famous there, its a whole-day trip, like 12 hours, covering over 400km, and reaching over 4000mts over sea level
but it was closed because of rain season (luckily we didnt get any of it)
this trip that im about to show, covers a part of the train route, so at least we got to see a little bit of it
to the photos...
those are the train rails
we came from the road on the left
i really like how that turned out :)
us with a nice background
lovely day for a trip
we got to a little town, which had crafts, and bathrooms (both for the women, hihi)
after that we got to some ruins, where we had to climb a little, and thats when you feel the altitude
one of the many graveyards we came across, lennie was really interested in those
they leave paper flowers, if not they would die very quickly
little lizzard
huge cacti in those ruins
a touch of color in that sea of brown
thats from the top, there you can see all the ruins
thats one of the many llamas lennie fell in love with
food stop in San Antonio de los Cobres
thats the town
more empanadas
"llamita, llamita, llamita, llamita, llamita" thats how she tried to lure them nearer
they seemed that didnt care very much
yup, we're heading that way
heading to Salinas Grandes, a salt desert in Jujuy
thats the place
we had lunch there, a quick one
and went straight to shooting, we didnt have much time
its quite an impressive place
those little pools are the places from where the salt is extracted
awww
lennie wanted to jump, i dont know why...she could barely do it :P
she also made me jump...
she was pretty happy there :)
i was happy too, you cant see it here, but believe me :P
difficult faces shot, we get those more than often
on with the trip, whe wot to a place that had a sign with the altitude, so we saved that moment
that was the place
a little later we got to a place where the road looks really interesting
lennie didnt like me doing that, so i did it whenever i could :)
so, finally, Purmamarca
a little town lost in time
but really eye catching
the hills in the background make it even more interesting
and the cats in the windows spy you all the time...
we got up a little hill, in front of the "Cierro de los 7 Colores" (hill of 7 colors)
thats it, but its better in the morning (next blog)
such a beautiful place
right there up that little hill we had a little sweet moment
yup, little sweets, we bought them in Salta, most of them with dulce de leche
and you guessed it, empanadas for dinner
im the big fan of them, i wanted to try them wherever we went, they're a typical food in the north
so...thats it i think...
hope to see you all next time, the continuation of this trip
greetings, groetjes, saludos
gonzalo
