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South America » Argentina » Tucumán » Amaicha del Valle December 6th 2007

As our plans to visit the ruins of Quilmes had been scuppered, we decided to visit Amaicha del Valle. Friends had told us it was worth a stop, if only to visit the Museo Pachamama, so we decided to stay a night and see what the place was like. Getting from Cafayate to Amaicha isn’t easy. There is only one bus company (Aconquija) and their departure times of 2am (absolutely no way!), 6am (not a chance!) and 6.30pm (we didn’t want to stay all day in Cafayate) were not exactly convenient for us. The hostel managed to barter a taxi down to 60 pesos so we thought it made sense to travel in relative comfort and at a time to suit ourselves. As we left down Ruta 40 it soon became apparent why travel can be ... read more
Pachamama
Frog
Pachamama

South America » Argentina » Tucumán November 2nd 2007

So, after enjoying our brief stop in Salta, we continued our way southwards. We were hoping that going south might make the weather a bit cooler, but no such luck!! This is not going to be a long blog as there are too many fun things to do on this trip other than blogging, so hopefully the pictures and a brief summary will do! (Resolution: I will try to be a better blogger in the future...) Cachi The road from Salta to Cachi is very enjoyable, lots of mountains, switchbacks, farms, etc. We spent a few days in Cachi mostly relaxing. We had hoped to get in some big hikes with local guides, but in the end we just took some local afternoon hikes by ourselves. This area is gorgeous, at altitude and with very friendly ... read more
Road from Salta to Cachi
View from Cachi hilltop
Cachi Adentro


Last weekend we travelled 4 hours on a bus to the city of San Miguel de Tucuman, capital of the Tucuman province and generally known simply as Tucuman! It's a city of great historic importance as this is where the country of Argentina was founded back in 1816. The casa historica is, without a doubt, the must see thing in Tucuman as this is where all the history was made. Outside there are guards smartly dressed in uniform to welcome you through the doors in the whitewashed wall. inside are several courtyards and a good museum. It was rather lacking a timeline which would have made things easier to understand but we got the gist of Argentine history from it. On Friday night we went to the luz y sonido show at the casa historica. We ... read more
Casa Historica
Independence
Casa de Gobierno




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