Day 8

Day 8 we went on a day trip through the mountains to Cafayate, a small wine town that specializes in white wine. The white wine from Cafayate is said to be much better than that of the Mendoza area. The wine of Cafayate is also exported internationally. So maybe you can find some in your local liquor store!

You can't see very well on the pictures but the river is red!

Like RED red. 

Entering the Garganta de Diablo 2#

Yes, this place is ALSO called the Garganta de Diablo.

It's a natural formation and basically it's a mini circular canyon that

is known for it's great acoustics. Every year they have

a concert in the mountains. 

Yes, I am wearing a sweater. And yes, it's 27 degrees out. 

What can I say? I got acclimatized! 

Canada

Wine ice cream!

Guacho hats! 

And now starts the series of bad group photos me and my friends took:

(yes, they just get worse and worse but we blame it on

 8 days of only 4 hours of sleep a night)

Canada(me), Germany, United States, New York, New Zealand, Canada

Haha.... fail! 

I know we look funny, but we're actually copying the statue that is

behind us! I swear! 

This is the statue we were copying:

 (Sorry that it's a really bad/blurry picture!)

Day 6 & 7

Off to Salta! We got on the bus in Puerto Iguazu and drove all day and all night until we arrived to the city Salta in the province of Salta. On our way there we hit some troubles when we got woken up by shattering glass at 2 in the morning. A person threw a rock at our window most likely hoping the bus would stop and then they could rob us. At least that was the theory. I liked to be optimistic and say it was just random hooligans - I was the only optimistic one.

Bright and early on Day 7, we finally arrived. Salta is a beautiful cities nestled in between the mountains. It's the biggest city in the province of Salta with around 400 000 inhabitants. Personally, I was just happy to see mountains again! Mar Del Plata in unbelievably flat and I quite miss the trees and mountains from home. Anyway, here are some pictures from our first day in Salta:

Our bus....

...our poor broken bus.

American companies really have invaded the world!

One question though: How is it our Blockbuster has gone out of business 

but there is one in Argentina 

where you can buy pirated movies on the street for a dollar?

At night, we went and had a traditional argentinean dinner and

saw traditional folk dancing of the province of Salta.

Kenndall and I having dinner and sharing a bottle of wine

(bought and approved by Rotary! Just so you know...)

Salut! (A toasting)

The poor New Zealander who only had been in Argentina for a month

got pulled up to folk dance and the poor guy doesn't even know

how to speak spanish! He is a good sport and improvised well though!

Even when they covered him in foam and flower and put leaves

behind his ear (it was during the week of Carnival)

A band playing traditional music

Dancing! And for those who know me you know that this is 

the last picture I took that night because as soon as the dancing starts,

I'm on the dance floor for the rest of the night! 

No time for pictures when there is dancing to be done!