South America Photos 9 - Cafayate

Home - 1 Buenos Aires - 2 Bariloche - 3 Buenos Aires - 4 Uruguay - 5 Eladio Dieste - 6 Cariló, Mataderos, Bs. As. - 7 Iguazú and San Ignacio - 8 Córdoba and Mendoza - 9 Cafayate - 10 Uyuni - 11 La Paz, Lake Titicaca - 12 Lares Valley, Machu Picchu - 13 Cusco, Pacific Coast - 14 Lima, flights home

South America Photos 9 - Cafayate

Cafayate in northern Argentina. May 2008

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in the bus from Tucumán, climbing up through jungle-like forests, in a rare moment when the locals had not pulled the curtains to keep out the light

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the scenery dries out

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excursion to see stone formations in the Quebrada de Cafayate

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a dried river bed

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we wade through this river carrying red sand to see the "castle"

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voilà, the damsel of the castle!

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crash landing of a mesozoic UFO?

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the Quebrada de Cafayate

Home - 1 Buenos Aires - 2 Bariloche - 3 Buenos Aires - 4 Uruguay - 5 Eladio Dieste - 6 Cariló, Mataderos, Bs. As. - 7 Iguazú and San Ignacio - 8 Córdoba and Mendoza - 9 Cafayate - 10 Uyuni - 11 La Paz, Lake Titicaca - 12 Lares Valley, Machu Picchu - 13 Cusco, Pacific Coast - 14 Lima, flights home

© 2008 Samuel P. Smith