A canyon painted in colors

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February 20th 2009

Published: February 20th 2009

Today we took a bus to a town high up in the mountains for the day...we ended up at around 11,000 feet in the village of Humahuaca. The bus ride took us up the Quebreda or canyon of Humahuaca for a couple hours. The whole canyon is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The colors and rock formations are beautiful...Some parts look like Sedona AZ and others a moonscape. This area has one of the few co... Read Full Entry

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Lynn Beebe

Beebe

I was a primary teacher in a K-12 alternative school. In 2006, I took a leave for four months, travelling through Central America. I visited schools and studied Spanish along with being a tourist. My class followed my travels through this blog. I have continued to use this blog to keep friends, family and my students connected to my travels, recently in Mexico and now Kenya! 2009 I am now retired and my husband and I hope to do even more traveling! I am volunteering in an after-school program on the Indian reservation where we live and at the local art museu... full info

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moonscape

Life in a bus

One thing that tour groups miss is the delicious juxtaposition of cultures proved by bus travel: looking at a World Heritage Site out the window, traveling with people from all over the world, AND having the movie "White Chicks" blasting in Spanish on the DVD players in the bus!

A small village on the way back to Salta

Huge Carnival celebration outside of Jujuy

Our bus was hit with water balloons and we saw many people, young and old, with flour on their heads...

The organ transplant clinic near our hotel

Bill was tempted to see how much he could get for his kidney...times are tough....

Our hotel with the Convent in the background

The convent is still functioning...you can apparently buy pastries there, which are delivered through sliding panels, so the nuns are not seen by outsiders.

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