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July 11th 2008

Published: July 25th 2008

Having felt somewhat disconnected from the "gringo trail" recently, it was a shock to find myself surrounded by backpackers on the bus to Salta. The amount of crisp-eating was astounding, and I doubt even the most indigenous of villages would have sported such a collection of chullos. I noticed that the girl in front of me was learning some Spanish so, nosy by nature, I peered at the page she wa... Read Full Entry

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John McCabe

Jabe

I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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Market

Purmamarca, Quebrada de Humahuaca

Landscape whizzing by

Quebrada de Humahuaca

Cacti

Quebrada de Humahuaca

Sundial at Tropic of Capricorn

Quebrada de Humahuaca

Rocks

Quebrada de Humahuaca

Rocks

Quebrada de Humahuaca

Cactus flower

Uquia, Quebrada de Humahuaca

Church in Uquia

Contained bizarre paintings of angels with guns

Humahuaca Municipalidad

Note metal doors at bottom right, containing San Francisco Solano

If the cap fits ...

... wear 10 of them. Humahuaca

You're off!

San Francisco Solano gives the tourists their marching orders Municipalidad, Humahuaca

Independence memorial

Humahuaca

Toilet with cactus wood swing doors

Humahuaca

Fabric

Humahuaca

Rocks and road

Quebrada de Humahuaca

Maimara cemetery and the Painter's Palette rock formation

Maimara, Quebrada de Humahuaca

Maimara cemetery

Maimara, Quebrada de Humahuaca

Painter's Palette rock formation

Maimara, Quebrada de Humahuaca

Rocks

Quebrada de Humahuaca

Catedral

Jujuy

Pulpit detail

From the Cusco school of woodcarving. Jujuy Catedral

25th July 2008

John
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Computer
Sitting at home, only the computer can show you these beautiful pictures and you can learn some spanish as well. www.zoekjelastminute.nl

25th July 2008

Graciela
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Mistake
The hill of the seven colours, the Humahuaca region and some other pictures you show belong to Jujuy, another province, not Salta. They both belong to the north west. I love that area, full of colour, very cheap and nice atmosphere. Thank you for your nice comments on my country. Graciela, from Argentina.

25th July 2008

Jabe
John McCabe

Re Mistake
Thanks for the comment, Graciela. Unfortunately I can only "attach" my blog to one location so, as Salta was where I was based for this period, I chose that rather than Jujuy.

17th January 2011

Iglesia Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria (Church of Our Lady of Candlemas)

Xyra Kristi
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:)
The picture of the church is very beautiful and it is very huge.

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