Age of Aquarius

Salta day three- The long excursion to the salt flats. We had the cutest little tour guide and the most insane driver. I feel like the rules of the road here are more like guidelines instead of actual rules. They drive on whichever side they choose, careening around corners at lightning speeds. Crazier than Hilo drivers if at all possible. We made it alive though to the salt flats, which looks like the craggy surface of the Burning Man playa.


These ponds are pure salt. Water lies a few inches under the surface.

On the ride back we took this crazy awesome road

My favorite part though was on the ride back to Salta passing through the most beautiful mountains you have ever seen. These mountains come in every color you can imagine: Steel blue, peach, plumb, carnation pink, tangerine, periwinkle, rust, moss green, aquamarine, tericotta, banana, and safron just to name a few. They are the most gorgeous geological wonders just resting outside the small town of Purmamarca in the Jujuy region. They are the different colors becasuse there is an abundace of minerals in the ground that makes the dirt change into the pastel shades.




Salta day four- We went on another tour, but this time to the town of Cafayate. We visited 3 different wineries and had numerous stops along the way for photoshoots and snack breaks. The New Zealand boys, Eric and Karl were hilarious. They told us about this tradition (if you can call it that) in their family. They have created something called the lunge club, and apparently its a sort of competiton to see who can do a lunge in the most outrageous place. Along the road to the wineries are all these massive rock formations that the Argentinians think resemble various objects, like a toad, or a nail, or titanic...

So Erik and I decided to do a lunge pic on top of the look out spot with titanic sinking in the background. So funny.

Cafayate vineyard
We spent the 2 hour ride back being entertained by the boys telling us in creative detail and animation the story of the Rambo and Rocky series.

Salta day five- Liz and I just basically lazily wandered around town today visiting different churches and window shopping, drooling over all the things we cant buy.

Inglesia San Francisco

Inside the cathedral

Que Bonita!

Tonight we have a 20ish hour bus ride to Mendoza on the western edge of the country by the foot of The Andes mountains.

Obnoxious, yet shamelessly appreciated catcall tally of the day: 14