5-25
The bus arrived early into Salta. As salta is a big city, I had no plans to stay and booked a 4 hour bus for that morning to Cafayate, a gorgeous ride. Laura, who had had some problems with both argentinian guys and some backpacking dudes decided to travel with me bc as she had told me before, she thought I was the coolest person ever and bc she felt safe with me. She is quite an interesting girl. She majored in Food Science at Purdue University on a full ride and has worked as a wine chemist in the biggest winery in california and now the biggest winery in Argentina. She speaks fluent spanish and danish and is going to graduate school in the bast european food science program in Copenhagen, Denmark. She told me it is refreshing to" travel with another scientist and not just some boring backpacker" Cafayate is a tiny town, but the 2nd most important wine region in Argentina. Its a cheap town and we treated ourselves, for a just a couple bucks, to a chicken bbq and some wine when we arrived. That night, as 25 de Mayo is the day that Aregentina revolted against spain, we headed out to the plaza to see what was going on. There was this mobile cinema (a van with a screen on it), and we joined the rest of the crowd watching movies. We wanted to drink a couple of beers so we asked the information booth (things stay open late in Argentina) if it was okay to drink beer in the plaza. He said, " yes, not problem. except not tonight bc of all the cops watching the movie" So we decided to get some beer and go somewhere else, but the guy at the convenience store said we could watch the movie and just wrapped the beer up in paper for us.
5-26
The cafayate area is a dry desert region and is famous for its Quebradas (canyons). In the morning, we rented bikes and loaded them up on a bus headed back towards Salta. 50kms down the road, we hopped off and then biked through the canyon back to Cafayate. It was a gorgeous and scenic day. The canyon is amazing, something like you might see in Arizona or Utah. Full of many shades of red, pinks, and even some greens. There is a muddy river running by it and little scenic stops along the way for cool side slot canyons, rocks that look like certain things (toad, obelisk, castle), viewpoints with a whole multitude of colors showing, and an area with "windows" in the rocks. There were even some sand dunes and areas full giant saguaro type cacti. And in the distance you could still see some giant snow covered peaks. Definitely a day that was a feast for the eyes. We were pretty tired when we got back and rested in the plaza with some water before we went out for dinner to have some cheap steak (3 bucks). Laura then took me to a wine shop to buy me some good wine (the beauty of travelling with a wine chemist) for my birthday, and we just drank some wine in the courtyard of our hostel as we rang in May 27th.
The bus arrived early into Salta. As salta is a big city, I had no plans to stay and booked a 4 hour bus for that morning to Cafayate, a gorgeous ride. Laura, who had had some problems with both argentinian guys and some backpacking dudes decided to travel with me bc as she had told me before, she thought I was the coolest person ever and bc she felt safe with me. She is quite an interesting girl. She majored in Food Science at Purdue University on a full ride and has worked as a wine chemist in the biggest winery in california and now the biggest winery in Argentina. She speaks fluent spanish and danish and is going to graduate school in the bast european food science program in Copenhagen, Denmark. She told me it is refreshing to" travel with another scientist and not just some boring backpacker" Cafayate is a tiny town, but the 2nd most important wine region in Argentina. Its a cheap town and we treated ourselves, for a just a couple bucks, to a chicken bbq and some wine when we arrived. That night, as 25 de Mayo is the day that Aregentina revolted against spain, we headed out to the plaza to see what was going on. There was this mobile cinema (a van with a screen on it), and we joined the rest of the crowd watching movies. We wanted to drink a couple of beers so we asked the information booth (things stay open late in Argentina) if it was okay to drink beer in the plaza. He said, " yes, not problem. except not tonight bc of all the cops watching the movie" So we decided to get some beer and go somewhere else, but the guy at the convenience store said we could watch the movie and just wrapped the beer up in paper for us.
5-26
The cafayate area is a dry desert region and is famous for its Quebradas (canyons). In the morning, we rented bikes and loaded them up on a bus headed back towards Salta. 50kms down the road, we hopped off and then biked through the canyon back to Cafayate. It was a gorgeous and scenic day. The canyon is amazing, something like you might see in Arizona or Utah. Full of many shades of red, pinks, and even some greens. There is a muddy river running by it and little scenic stops along the way for cool side slot canyons, rocks that look like certain things (toad, obelisk, castle), viewpoints with a whole multitude of colors showing, and an area with "windows" in the rocks. There were even some sand dunes and areas full giant saguaro type cacti. And in the distance you could still see some giant snow covered peaks. Definitely a day that was a feast for the eyes. We were pretty tired when we got back and rested in the plaza with some water before we went out for dinner to have some cheap steak (3 bucks). Laura then took me to a wine shop to buy me some good wine (the beauty of travelling with a wine chemist) for my birthday, and we just drank some wine in the courtyard of our hostel as we rang in May 27th.
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