Blogs from Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina, South America

Bonjour à tous, Hier au soir je suis revenu au classique pour souper, une longe de boeuf purée, compte tenu du poids je ne suis pas ressorti avec la faim. Vous verrez une photo que j'ai faite dans la salle de restaurant, d'une magnifique cheminée, elle sert pour le chauffage, et aussi pour la déco. et c'est gagné. J'ai fait également 2 photos, dans la salle de bain de l'hôtel de la pierre qui sert de support à la vasque, ainsi que de tablette, c'est vraiment magnifique, j'aimerais bien la même. La pierre à toute les couleurs, que l'on voit dans la nature, ici mais concentré sur une petite surface. Cette nuit il n'y avait pas de chiens qui aboyaient, mais j'ai très mal dormi, je pense l'altitude n'y est pas étrangère. Je me suis aperçu ... read more

El camino de Iruya a La Paz.... De Humahuaca partimos temprano en un bus que nos llevo a Iruya, el paisaje de este camino de 3 horas es increíble: todo el recorrido es en carretera destapada, en realidad es muy destapada, estos grandes, viejos y resistentes buses saben pasar algunos pasos que incluyen trechos en el río caudaloso, también bordea la montaña en un delgado camino delimitado con pendientes precipicios... Hermosas montañas desérticas y pedregosas, piedras de colores diferentes que hacen que las grandes montañas parezcan pintadas de colores, algo subreales.... Pasamos una noche y un día en este remoto pueblito, caminamos por las coloreadas montañas hasta llegar a un caudaloso río.... Hermoso paisaje, mu poca gente, locales indígenas..... Madrugamos a tomar el primer bus que nos sacaría de Iruya hasta humahuaca, apenas calculábamos el tiempo ... read more

This will be our last post from Argentina so, as well as talking about our travels in this part of the country, we will record some of our overall impressions of Argentina. A little arrogant I know, given we have only been here for 4 weeks, but there are memories of Argentina and its people that we wouldn't want to lose. I noted in an earlier post that Argentinians themselve have told us on a few occasions that their great passions are meat, tango and football. It is clear to us that a couple more need to be on the list. Yerba mate is the drink of choice throughout the country. It is consumed continually and, as far as we can tell, by people at all levels of society. 'Mate' is also the name of the ... read more

This side trip from Salta took me to the seven colored hills of Punamarca, the pre-Inca ruins of Tilcara, and the puna town of Humahuaca. I got to eat Llama too!!! It was delicious.... Mmmmmmm....... read more

On first sight, Humahuaca and it's beautiful valley looked like my stereotypical idea of andean South America: dusty roads, abandoned railroad stations, 19th century houses, a whole lot of indigenous old women and massive coloured moutains with cacti. After spending some time in this town, it's over-authenticism started to annoy me though, i suppose Unesco declaring this region patrimony of humanity has triggered a tourism so massive that it has destroyed most of the essence of this patrimony. Humahuaca is very pretty and has a not too fake vibe, but it lives off tourism, and the centre is one big shopping centre for artesania (yes, i did buy lama gloves). That being said, the setting is still breathtaking, and to enjoy it to it's fullest, camping Carolina is a fine choice. I put my tent in ... read more