Flights from Philadelphia to Miami, then to Buenos Aires. In Buenos Aires we drove an hour through the city to get to the domestic airport to fly to Mendoza. Twenty-six hours door-to-door but just aWeiterlesen
Flights from Philadelphia to Miami, then to Buenos Aires. In Buenos Aires we drove an hour through the city to get to the domestic airport to fly to Mendoza. Twenty-six hours door-to-door but just aWeiterlesen
A nice small city. Clean. Hotel Diplomatica was right in the center of everything though the staff wasn’t very nice. Lots of people out and about after the sun goes down. It’s been too hotWeiterlesen
We went about a half hour south on Route 40 to the Lujan de Cuyo region with our Italian Argentinian driver, Damian. Route 40 is the major north/south route running the full length of Argentina. TheWeiterlesen
More wine tastings today but in the Valle de Uco, further south and west than yesterday. In the distance is Tupungato, the second highest peak in the Americas, though some of the peaks in the SilverWeiterlesen
We flew this morning from Mendoza to Cordoba to Salta. The city of Salta sits in an agricultural valley in the northwest corner of Argentina. The province is between the Andes and sub Andean ranges.Weiterlesen
This town was our most northern point in Argentina. Founded in 1591, classically Andean, at an altitude of 9,882 fasl, it has narrow dirt streets and adobe houses. Wonderfully surprising was our entryWeiterlesen
Purmamarca is the most developed , though still small, town in the Quebrado de Humahuaca. The town is nestled n the colored hills. It was our overnight stop for this day. Dirt roads, a plainWeiterlesen
Eleven hours in a pick-up on dirt roads today, seeing the sub Andes and the Altiplano (high plains) of Jujuy and Salta. We travelled west, climbing higher and higher through the arid desolate Andes,Weiterlesen
The second half of Day 2 with R was one beautiful vista after another after a brief stop in San Antonio de LC. This copper mining town is also known for its tourist train (built turn of the century byWeiterlesen