Heading to the North of Argentina from Paraguay we had our first good
surprise and had to stay one full day in Resistencia, in the region of the
Chacos (one of the poorest provinces in Argentina), since we lost the bus at 8
a.m. The surprise was to know that this is South American capital of sculptures.
The city itself is full of monuments
everywhere you look to and it hosts the
biannual “Bienal of Sculptures”. We had the opportunity to visit the place and
can say that is just lovely.
After Resistencia we took the night bus to Tucumán where we had a
contact on couchsurfing and went directly to the address informed. We spent 4
days with the most amazing family we could ever met. Dani, our contact, lives
in the up floor of her parent´s house. The family is a very typical Argentinian
family where the follow topics would never be off the table: Argentinian football,
Maradona, Politics and the amazing country. Oh and almost forgetting the huge
amount of delicious food served (please do not lose the Empanadas from Tucuman,
and also Napolitanas). The city is the birthplace of Argentina, where the
Indepencia was declared and the Casa de La Independencia is a place to be
visited if you´re in town. There´s also a famous Christ to visited at the top
of a Cerro where Francisco improved his skills on serving and preparing the
Mate. We left the city with strong
feelings for the family that hosted us and was kind of hard to say goodbye.
Anyway.
Cafayate was our next stop and just getting in town we met German a
friend from Buenos Aires and we all stayed in a same hostel with a very nice
garden outside. Cafayate is a small and charming Pueblo and we in the first day
we took a tour through the Quebrada. Amazing views that cannot be captured in
the follow photos. Since Paulo was sick
Murta had the mission to go with German to a very close and beautiful
Waterfall.
Don’t forget trying the famous Locro, typical of the region.
From Cafayate we went to Salta where we stayed in another hostel still
traveling with our friend from Buenos Aires and with a sick Paulo almost dying
of fever. We walked around town and at night went out in a region full of bars
and clubs. Once we were a little bit sick of big cities we stayed there for only
2 nights and went to Tilcara.
In Tilcara, another small and charming Pueblo, we met our friends from
Salta (German from Buenos Aires and Julien from France) and together with other
nice people from the hostel we made an asado at night. In the next day we made a trekking to a
Waterfall surrounded by stupendous views and mountains.
After Tilcara we went to Humahuaca the last Pueblo from this region
called Quebrada de Humahuaca. This one has nothing in especial and we spent
just one night there before going to our next country destination: Bolivia.
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