Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Well, we are not in Argentina any longer.
We finished our last days in Cafayate, Jujuy and Purmamarca.
In Cafayate, we spent as much of our time outdoors as possible and enjoyed wine flavored ice-cream. Around the area there is a river which boasts large waterfalls. Unfortunately, we followed the river as directed but could not find the waterfalls. This was similar story we heard from other people, so we didn´t feel like too big of losers. We also did an excursion through our hostel of the Quebrada or Gorge or dried up river. Our guide, Jorge was awesome and showed us numerous rock formations from a toad to a choo choo train to a king to an obelisk. He also gave us facials...aka put mud on our faces.
Jujuy was our last overnight stay in Argentina. There is not much to write about. We saw the first civil flag of Argentina which was created around the time of their independence and given to the people of Jujuy for their devotion to independence. The civil flag looks totally different from the current national flag which we learned was the flag of the army and then the sun was added after independence. From Jujuy, we were able to take a little day trip to a small town of Purmamarca which is surrounded by the Seven Colored Hills (I´ll post pictures someday). We were also there for the Goat Cheese festival and the celebration of the town´s library which was compiled very recently. For the festival, Gauchos from neighboring communities within the region road around on horseback and then there was a cheese judging and tasting.

Now, we are in Tarija, Bolivia with Koehler´s family! They are all wonderful and Tarija is beautiful!!
Carnaval starts on Sunday!

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