We left Salta to see a little bit more of the small towns on our way to Bolivia. The diference between Salta and the countryside became obvious when we arrived in Tilcara, a small town about 2,5 hours north of Salta. No paved roads, lots of cactuses and it is very obvious to everybody that we are tourists. Still we had a really good time there as we got to know some people on the bus already and - as we were only 7 people in the hostel - everybody else as well. We visited the ruins of Pucara together, which were unfortunately not as impressive as the ones we had seen in Quilmes last week.
The owner of the hostel did the best to please all his guests, he cooked a delicious llama stew for everybody at night and we all sat at a big table eating and drinking together. He also plays some traditional instruments, so he entertained us the whole evening with songs and stories. An extremely good evening!
The next day we went to Humahuaca which is unfortunately pretty touristy and therefor expensive. Still our hotel was nice despite the fact that they didn't have wifi, but I thought as we're going to Bolivia we should better get used to it. In Humahuaca we didn't really do a lot exept eating and having a huge siesta (you can feel that we are getting higher already (3000m), so everything is more exhausting).
When we arrived at the bus station the next morning we met a guy that we had already met in Cafayate, he was going to Bolivia as well, so we decided to cross the borer together. The bus to La Quiaca needed another 3 hours and then we had to walk to the border. When we arrived in La Quiaca we found out that we have been really lucy because the border had been closed for 3 days due to demonstrations on the bolivian side and the day we crossed was the first day they opened it again. The town on the bolivian side of the border is called Villazon and from there we took a bus (1B=0,11€) to Tupiza where we booked into what looks like a luxury hotel to me, but actually just cost us 22€ per night for a double with private bathroom. They even have a pool, sowe decided to stay one day longer than planned and just enjoy the fact that in this country we can live like rich people.
We went on a horse ride the other day which was really nice and visited a canyon and stone formations. As every internet connection in this country seems to be extremely slow, we can not upload any pictures at the moment, we'll probably have to wait until we get to Peru, but I'm not entirely sure if it will be much better there.
The next day we went to Humahuaca which is unfortunately pretty touristy and therefor expensive. Still our hotel was nice despite the fact that they didn't have wifi, but I thought as we're going to Bolivia we should better get used to it. In Humahuaca we didn't really do a lot exept eating and having a huge siesta (you can feel that we are getting higher already (3000m), so everything is more exhausting).
When we arrived at the bus station the next morning we met a guy that we had already met in Cafayate, he was going to Bolivia as well, so we decided to cross the borer together. The bus to La Quiaca needed another 3 hours and then we had to walk to the border. When we arrived in La Quiaca we found out that we have been really lucy because the border had been closed for 3 days due to demonstrations on the bolivian side and the day we crossed was the first day they opened it again. The town on the bolivian side of the border is called Villazon and from there we took a bus (1B=0,11€) to Tupiza where we booked into what looks like a luxury hotel to me, but actually just cost us 22€ per night for a double with private bathroom. They even have a pool, sowe decided to stay one day longer than planned and just enjoy the fact that in this country we can live like rich people.
We went on a horse ride the other day which was really nice and visited a canyon and stone formations. As every internet connection in this country seems to be extremely slow, we can not upload any pictures at the moment, we'll probably have to wait until we get to Peru, but I'm not entirely sure if it will be much better there.
-Sandra
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