Cachi

After a mammoth 11 hour bus ride from Atacama we arrived in Salta again and headed out the next morning to the upper part of the Calchaquí Valley to Cachi. We had a lovely drive through lush greenLeer más
San Pedro de Atacama 2

Unrfortunately Lisa was poorly with a tummy bug for the next two days so couldn't do very much. But we did manage the classic Atacama desert tour of the Valle de la Luna and watched the sunset. ClareLeer más
San Pedro de Atacama 1

We ended our Uyuni tour by crossing over the border to Chile, to the town of San Pedro de Atacama. We were grubby & dusty having not been able to shower for 3 days. Stinky. SPA is a sprawling town,Leer más
Uyuni day 3: to the Chilean border

Final glorious volcano & green lake - no flamingos on this one due to the arsenic. Then to our final night in a hostel attached to the park rangers office. The most remote place I think we've everLeer más
Uyuni tour day 3

Passed the Arbol de Peidra - The rock tree. Then some geothermal geezers and wonderfully hellish and stinky bubbling mud pools. Clare braved her feet in a hot spring stream.
Www.findflamingos.com

Flamingos! Or as they are known here, flamencos.
Uyuni tour day 2: FindFlamingos.com

Drove away from the Salar past fields of quinoa - it grows well here as it's high and dry (over 4000m).
Passed a smoking volcano and some petrified lava.
Found flamingos - lot & lots of them on theLeer más
More Uyuni day 1: Salt & cacti

Here are the Incahausi Island cacti shots.
We stayed that night in a salt hotel - a hotel made entirely of salt!
Uyuni trip day 1

Long drive through multicoloured and llama filled mountain roads to Bolivia's altiplano. Had lunch at the scruffy and remote mining town where Butch Cassidy & the Sundance kid died, having robbed theLeer más
Over the border

Took a bus to the border town of La Quiaca Trundled our bags several blocks to the immigration, crossed over to Villazon in Bolivia & took a bus to Tupiza. Our first proper taste of Bolivia. Our roomLeer más
Quebrada de Humahuaca

Starting our road trip to the Bolivian border, drove first through dark, dangly jungle outside Salta, then through the many coloured landscape of the Quebrada de Humahuaca. Stopped for photos in theLeer más
Easter Crosses

Took a stroll into town to book the next legs of our trip. Tomorrow we head north along more gorges for an overnight stay in Humahuaca (great name). Then we will cross the border into Bolivia and headLeer más
Salta City

When we arrived on Friday night it was a bit of shock. From our grand designs in the desert with its own owls and a few thousand acres of cacti we arrived in the the middle of a city in the chillyLeer más
Cal-cheeky Valley cacti

Went for a walk on land belonging to the house - which stretches up to the mountain. They own a lot of cacti, rocks and sand. Clare liked taking photos of the cacti.
Grand designs in Calchiquí Valley

Had one night in this gorgeous Airbnb room 15km outside of Cafayate. The house was built two & a half years ago by this Argentine/Swiss couple, designed by their friend. Kevin McCloud would be proud!Leer más
Cafayate

Quebradas de Cafayate
Took an afternoon tour to the quebradas (gorges) near to Cafayate on the road to Salta. We had several stops to see big gorges, little gorges, big canyons, little canyons,Leer más
Ischigualasto 2

More lovely rocks...
Difunta Correa

Stopped off on our drive back to Mendoza at a shrine to a local folk hero who is treated as a saint here. The legend has it that Difunta Correa's husband was captured in the civil war. She tried toLeer más
Itchy elastic national park 1

Having returned to a more normal altitude, we joined a car convoy tour of fabulously named Ischigualasto National Park - otherwise known as Valle de la Luna, Moon Valley. Or to us, with our plethoraLeer más
Trip to the top of the world

Had an adventurous and eventful trip with local guide Mariano and a group of Argentine tourists in a convoy of 4x4 over rocks, rivers, sand and ice up to, apparently, the highest point in the worldLeer más
Gorgeous gorge

Talampaya national park is another of Argentina's several UNESCO sites. A huge red sandstone gorge where they have found lots of dinosaur fossils (mostly now in the University). That one with Lisa isLeer más
Road trip Day 1 Mendoza -San Agustín

Big, long drive through a desert in 35C plus WITHOUT air conditioning. We will not make that mistake again.
Highs - huge eagles, mostly empty roads, the most dippity doodahs ever and lovelyLeer más
Planning day

The temp has been climbing and strangely peaks about 7 PM. It's in the 30s now. Both went for a nice run around the lake in the big park this morning then did loads of planning and booking. This isLeer más
Cacheuta

Blissed out few hours in a thermal spa in the mountains today - Mendocinos certainly know how to live well - wine, good food, spas & mountains... Lovely.
The tallest mountain in S America

At nearly 7000m Cerro Aconcagua is the highest peak in S America. We managed to walk part way towards the first base camp and were very lucky to have such great weather to see the peak so clearly. InLeer más
Hic!

Wine tasting in Valle de Uco near Mendoza was a sumptuous experience resulting in two rather inebriated chicas... Learnt a little about wine production and a lot about how delicious Malbec is 😋
Sheila StevensonAny photos of you doing aerobics?? xxx