Northern Argentina is gorgeous. I wish I could have spent more time exploring around here. The bus ride north to Tilcara was awesome. Starting with tall, green mountains cut by streams and scarred by landslides, the climate soon became more arid, and the scenery shifted bright colorful mountains full of cactii. Not only the scenery changes, but the people and towns as well. Simple adobe structures and dirt streets make up towns, and the people look more like the altiplano Bolivians than the European descendents found in the regions south of the area. Tilcara was such a town, which had a fort to explore and a bingo match with sheep as a prize.
Just south of Tilcara was Purmamarca, which has a mountain called the Rock of the 7 Colors, and it is full of colorful layers, just as the hills and mountains around it are. From Purmamarca you can see a salt flat, Salinas Grandes, where there is a co-op to harvest salt. I went up for sunset, which is supposed to be spectacular, but clouds sort of ruined our particular visit. It was pretty nonetheless though, and a small taste of what was to come with the massive salt flats of Uyuni in Bolivia.
Northern Argentina is gorgeous. I wish I could have spent more time exploring around here. The bus ride north to Tilcara was awesome. Starting with tall, green mountains cut by streams and scarred by landslides, the climate soon became more arid, and the scenery shifted bright colorful mountains full of cactii. Not only the scenery changes, but the people and towns as well. Simple adobe structures and dirt streets make up towns, and the people look more like the altiplano Bolivians than the European descendents found in the regions south of the area. Tilcara was such a town, which had a fort to explore and a bingo match with sheep as a prize. 
Just south of Tilcara was Purmamarca, which has a mountain called the Rock of the 7 Colors, and it is full of colorful layers, just as the hills and mountains around it are. From Purmamarca you can see a salt flat, Salinas Grandes, where there is a co-op to harvest salt. I went up for sunset, which is supposed to be spectacular, but clouds sort of ruined our particular visit. It was pretty nonetheless though, and a small taste of what was to come with the massive salt flats of Uyuni in Bolivia.
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