2nd day - Cafayate

second day...

it started early in the morning...

the night before we had arranged a trip to Cafayate, it included a visit to a winery, and taste a few of their wines

in the agency they told us that a van would be coming to pick us up around 7-7.30am

we were tired from the day before...we got down 6.50 for breakfast

the guy was already there...

he told us to have breakfast, he would wait

5 minutes later he went to pick up all the others and come back for us later

so we had a nice breakfast :)

mmm...medialunas :)

so, after that delicious breakfast we head to the trip

great guide, very funny, and he let us sit in the very front of the van, we had the best view :D

after a little while we had to do a technical stop, to buy drinks or go to the bathroom because we were not going to see any of that for a while

so, right next to the place where we stopped was a little chourch

we went in

it was nice, and luckily we had a perfect day

we continued the trip, doing little stops to appreciate the landscape, and to know a little bit about the place

that guy was selling crafts, as in every other place we went, theyre all over the place

a little bit later, another stop

there was a lot of landscape to appreciate, around every corner there was a different thing to say "wow"

bare with me on this one........

if you look really carefully....you can see the silhouette of a mummy lying down formed by rocks

its the upper part of the middle rocks

going from right to left you can see the nose pointing out, the mouth, chin, then the arms, body, and feet...

if you dont see it, dont worry...

beautiful place at that stop...

next stop, La Garganta Del Diablo (Devil's Throat)

its called like that because of how the rocks were eroded by the water

and all the rocks are red as youve seen so far, they have a high content of Fe

its quite an impressive place, really high...and deep...plus the name scares you a little ;)

len shooting it

crafts....

thats inside, we werent allowed to go further because it had rained recently and the ground might be weak

incredible place

but after that, we went to a more incredible place

El Anfiteatro (amphitheater)

its like the devils throat, but safe to go in, and with more space

plus, it has the peculiarity of working like an amphitheater because of how it is formed

appart from that, it is a great place to be, beautiful

there are always people playing music, it sounded awesome!

she wouldnt work as a sniper, right?... ;)

another one joined and they all 3 played something

right outside of it there is a little place that sells llama salamines, and goat cheese

he is looking at that hand as if he is thinking of cutting it :P

last stop before the winery

the frog rock, sometimes they can be so clever with the names...and have such imagination to find things like that...

everybody shooting this:

more gread landscapes...

next, the winery

we went to "Vasija Secreta"

the lady gave us a tour of the winery, and its history

the winemakeing machines

where they use to storage it

and we could sample some

thats the white one, the "torrontes" variety, only found here in Argentina ;)

then a malbec, meh....we didint like it

and a cabernet, that was yummy, peppery

after the tour we went to the little town of Cafayate where we had lunch, not the best part of the day

tamales....

meh....we dont like them

empanadas on the other hand

....yumm!!

we had some dips, the red one was very spicy

neither of us liked the tamale...

but at least we had a nice lunch :)

later we went to walk around in the town, the guide was going to pick us up in front of the main chourch

"go away!!!"

the lief in Salta is very agitated...

on our way back to the city

thats what she was trying to shoot

i tend to do that...

thats our guide's glasses

he showed us how he had fun when he used to live in the mountains

doing that, he was very good at it, dirt skiing, with shoes

so, last stop before getting back to the city, another technical stop, bathrooms and all that

there was a little place were there were goats, and a little gray cat

thats the cat

thats me

those are the goats :)

thats the bathroom, the gentlemen one

tiring trip

we got back late

went to the agency to book another trip for the next day

then to the hotel

and slept till 5-6 of the next day

which will be shown in a few days

next chapter: Cachi

greetings, groetjes, saludos

gonzalo

Back together in Argentina (the upper part of it) Day 1 - Flight

as some of you know, lennie came back, and we took a trip to the north of Argentina, to Salta, from there we took trips to know the place, Jujuy, and even Bolivia, all that will come in future posts, so be patient, there are lots of pictures to go through (4000) so itll take some time...

right know she's in Bolivia doing her research for her Master

so ill be doing the blogging for now (gonzalo) :P

so...lets get started

lennie got reunited with her beloved cañoncitos :D

thats still here in la plata, the morning before the flight

before going on a trip its a must to have something to eat, so i did some sandwiches

so here is a step by step on them (i was just happy to use her new lens, mine is pretty old and used)

yummy, right?

after that we went to the airport, we got there early so not to have chances to miss it ;) (we have some history with that...)

so while waiting we got a little thirsty (im sure she's laughing right now, knowing that im going to tell this story)

i went to the food court to get something to drink, i approached one that gave you a glass of coke if you baught a special combo...

i asked the lady if i could buy the glass alone...she asked in the office...came back and told me "yes" so she filled it up and gave it to me, i tried to pay for it, but she told me "nah...take it, go"

so i ran away to where we were with a huge smile :D

and here it is!

whe also were a little hungry, but the sandwiches where in the bag that went to the plane...so we had some pringles

she faked that she was taking my picture...

so happy with my free glass :D

and that new lens is great!!

talking with my grandmother...

she used it during almost all the trip, shes very happy with it :)

there were lots of free chairs...but maybe the floor was chillier...it was a hot day

she had to study a little, so we did that a little while, i helped her with some translations, and finished it on the plane

in the bathroom, washing the glass

just in case...its good to know

on a little truck going to the plane

getting up in the plane

we were almost in the back row, with a wall in fron of us, and the turbine on our side...but we took some nice pictures of the view

not that one :P

that one, beautiful clouds

and the city's overview

we have videos of the trip too, its nice to see things move sometimes ;P

there we are with the plane on the back, thats when we got off of it

waiting for the luggage, we were the last ones

we finally we got to the hotel, nice place, but the walls were a little thin....

and we had the room that was in the middle of the upper hall, right in front of the stairs, so we heard every step that happened in the wooden stair....

this was taken on the last day, so it wasn't as tidy as the first day

it was a nice place....compared to the other places we saw :P

so thats it for the first day, the flight day

next will come the trip to Cafayate, a wine making region, famous for the "torrontes" variety (white)

hope you enjoy it, next blogs will be landscapey

groetjes, greetings, saludos

gonzalo