Cafayate is in the province of Salta, and most people that come here come in via Salta (usually flying in from Buenos Aires). The drive between Cafayate and Salta is very highly touted, but since we came up through Tucuman, we hadn't seen it yet (we were pretty impressed with the drive up from Tucuman). Well, the drive didn't disappoint. It took about 20 minutes to get out of the Calchaqui Valley, and into the lower Andes that descended into Salta. Once we got not the mountains again we carved through some of the best desert landscape I've ever seen for about an hour. And then you arrive to a town called Alemania, and within minutes the landscape changes from what you would expect in Arizona or New Mexico to something like West Viginia, which is what it's like all the way into Salta, a city of over 600,000 (including the outlying areas). The trip was about 3 hours driving time.
We stopped for a quick meeting on the way, so we didn't get into Salta until late afternoon, and once we got checked into our hotel it was time to head out for dinner. I squeezed in a walk after we got the kids down, from about 10:30 to midnight, but the next morning we had to just do a little shopping, and the pack up and head back because we had dinner plans back in Cafayate. Too much to see and do, and too little time!
An early morning horse back ride for Alessandra before we hit the road.
Leaving for another short road trip
A quick picnic and rest on the golf course at La Maroma
Alessandra and Anthony running through the fields.
A protest; who would have imagined?
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