We stayed in the city of Salta for the holidays, mainly because we knew most places would be closed and we wanted to be in a more populated area that was tourist-friendly (and had plumbing, perhaps). The city itself was nice, and Santa had no trouble finding our hotel. He left Teague a letter, penned by Rudolph, explaining that he brought the small gifts to Salta and delivered Teague's big gifts to Buenos Aires. This made hiding gifts in the spare tire wheel well much easier for the elves.
The day after Christmas, we set out early for Purmamarca, and about 10 minutes down the unpaved road, we had a little issue:
To add insult to injury, a stray dog actually urinated on our spare. A picture probably isn't necessary. Luckily, the nearby tire shop, below, was open for business on the 26th! If ever there was an award for best display of products, these guys certainly get an "A" for trying. Hanging tires from the roof really screams 'we've got tires and we aren't afraid to hang them all over our establishment'.
We only lost about 3 hours, which was a miracle considering it was the day after Christmas and we drive an uncommon car.
With our new back tires (plural), we set out for Purmamarca. The scenery went from this:
This is the "Train To the Clouds". We looked into it, but it's a 16 hour-long ride.
With folk singers and dancers. No thanks.
Hello wild donkeys.
To this:
Salinas Grandes (Salt Flats)
To this curvy road extravaganza:
To our stop for the next few days, Purmamarca:
6 comments:
WOW. It might be impossible, but the landscapes over there are more impressive than the 3 hour tire change! So incredible! On a completely random note, on my run this morning I was remarking to myself how none of Dakar's streets have useful names- and how I should entitle a blog entry about it "Where the Streets Have No Name". And now here I'm in checking in on you guys and voila! Okay, random anecdote. I love your blog!
Beautiful country! Those flat tire situations are never fun but glad you made it out okay.
your photos always promise to take my breath away!!!! south america is going to be the honeymoon sean and i never had once the kids leave the house!!!
LLLLove those LLLLamas!
Your pictures are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with all of us! :)
Megan, funny you should mention that title. We drove through a town that had street signs that literally had question marks for some of the street names. Only in Argentina...
Kim, I'm so glad it happened first thing, rather than in the dark!
Nina, we're here until December. Come down! This is the most kid-friendly country ever.
Dodgie, I love llamas too. They're so cute!
Karen, thanks for taking the time to check out the blog! I am a big fan of yours!
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