Big day out ... more than wine tour

Another HUGE day today ... in Argentina. We set off reasonably early (7.30 is much earlier than we have been getting up lately ... but not as early as we need to be up tomorrow ... 4.30!!!) and didn't get home until 9pm.

We headed south from Salta for the wine area of Cafayate, 180km or so ... but it takes hours .. about 4 hours. 75 km through an amazing gorge ... spectacular rock formations and scenery. On the way out we stopped a couplee of times ... to take photos, but stopped for even more on the way home, when the light was better for photos.

From Peru - 2009

At Cafayate, we visited 2 wineries, had a super lunch at a really nice hotel/hacienda, and a bit of time to browse around the plaza (and shops) while Zac and Milka went horse riding.

We're all tired tonight.... a pity it's too late for an early night (11pm here already), because we have to be out of here at 5am ... for the next stage of our mystery tour.

We have a bus trip to a touwn on this side of the Argentine-Bolivian border ... after that I understand we need to cross the border, possibly on foot, and then a train ride to somewhere in Bolivia .... our tour leader has told us to be prepared for a long train ride... and possibly cold conditions. So here we go again...

Thanks all for the birthday wishes. Celebrated my birthday today ... Australian time ... rather than tomorrow, witth a big travel (bus and train) day.