Blogs from San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina, South America

Iš ryto pažadina prie lango atskridęs ir pradėjęs čiulbėti paukštis. Bet tai vienas malonesnių būdų atsibusti. Aptvarkom namą, susidedam daigtus ir keliaujam į miestą.Aplink kalnai, bet diena debesuota, tad jų viršūnių nesimato. Bet nuo to eiti tik lengviau, nes eiti plentu kepinant saulei, būtų gerokai sunkiau. Ant kelio nemažai suvažinėtų gyvūnų, įspūdingo dydžio varlė, šarvuotis, gyvatė ir kiti laukiniai gyvūnai. Nepati maloniausia pažintis su iš arti anksčiau nematytais gyvūnais. Apie piet jau būnam namie, ir vos tik psarėjus Saros mama paruošia pietus. Po tokio žygio šiek tiek pailsim namie, o vakare keliaujam su tais pačiais draugais į kalnus. Nakvosim maždaug už 30 km nuo miesto palapinėse prie kalnų upelio. Atvažiavę į vietą susirandam vietą stovyklavietei, prisirenkam malkų ir užsikuriam laužą. Aš su Sara dar neinam iki ... read more

Aldea Luna was Awesome! One whole month without any contact with the outside world except the radio and visitors that came to the reserve. A private nature reserve deep in the yungas in Jujuy, the most North-Western province of Argentina, Aldea Luna was the cherry on my Argentine Pie. The owners are Martin, Elizabeth, their 13-year-old son Matias, and their friend Gerardo. All wonderful people. Many different groups of people came and went during my stay and I met people from England, France, Holand, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Germany, Canada, Kentucky, Washington, and New York. The work was always something different and almost always fun. The one job that I really didn't like was sifting sand out of a huge pile of stones, it involved attempting to shovel loads of stones onto a big wire grate that ... read more

I was told it would take me between 8 and 13hrs to cover the 370km between Potosi and the Bolivia-Argentina border. I was also told that the road was absolutely horrible. Hearing all these terrible stories and knowing how the roads in Bolivia are, I decided to leave at 5:00am for Argentina. It turned out that the road was not as bad as I was told. The dirt sections were fairly descent and they were followed by paved stretches. Still, it took me 8hrs. to get to Argentina. I also had the first tire puncture of the trip and I had to cross 2 or 3 rivers with the water reaching the top of the cylinders in my motorcycle. On the Bolivian side of the border crossing I had no problems. They stamped my passport, grabbed ... read more

This is even more unbelievable than yesterday. I wish I would find a computer which would work properly to download the pictures. Finding a decent computer isn´t always easy. The landscape of Quebrada de Humahuaca is unbelievable. Bear in mind this takes about 4 hours to get there from Salta (once again with tour). We visited Purmamarca (which was the most amazing), San Salvador de Jujuy (pronounced hoohooooooooy!), Tilcara and Humahuaca. This is a valley/gorge. The landscape is unbelievalbe. One side of the valley is dry with red rocks, the other is luscious green mountain. Purmamarca is a cute little town. The mountains surrounding it are called the Seven Colours. The mountain really has 7 colours, in parts, the colours are striped into the mountain. Violet, Green, Orange, Red, Beige, Blue ... it´s amazing, I can´t ... read more