Sorry for the delay in writing Argentina up - work has been crazy busy. Its pretty depressing looking back to the freedom of a few weeks ago...
After Cafayate, our next destination was Purmamarca to see the salt flats, and Tilcara for Carnaval. The salt flats are pretty surreal, a vast pool of blinding whiteness amidst sandy plains and terracotta red mountains. My eyes hurt just looking at the photos again.
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Carnival!!!
Carnival at Tilcara is quite unlike that of Brazil or anything at Notting Hill. There are processions with drums and trumpets but the dancing is folksy and the local men dress up in mirrored, jangling devil costumes. I had a wonderful few nights dancing with devils and drinking Salta beer.
We chose to stay in Tilcara so we didn't have to worry about late night transport. You have to book well in advance and I would strongly recommend our hotel, Antigua, which serve delicious breakfasts with homemade dulce de leche and jam.
You can easily visit Humahuaca from there, another sleepy town with a rather beautiful cemetery.
After that is was back to BA which will be written up soon. Watch this space...
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