We flew to Jujuy, where we stayed 3 nights. The first day, we drove up to Humahuaca, a village in a valley at almost 3000m! The second day, we drove part-way up the same road, stopping to look at the town of Purmamarca and the incredible Cerro de los Siete Colores, then the Pucara de Tilcara and the lovely Chapel of Huacalera, right near a monument marking the Tropic of Capricorn.
1From the plane Flying over salt fields
2Jujuy Jujuy Cathedral
3 Gold-coverd stairway in Jujuy Cathedral
4Jujuy Detail of stairway
5Jujuy Building in Jujuy
6North of Jujuy Our first glimpse of the gorgeous scenery
7Humahuaca Church in Humahuaca (2939m!)
8Humahuaca Hilltop monument
9Humahuaca We fell on a wonderful, simple restaurant (You had to go into the kitchen to get the food!), complete with itinerant musicians
10Humahuaca A fetish on an altar in the Humahuaca museum
11Humahuaca Siv in the streets of Humahuaca
12 John in Humahuaca
13 Quebrada de Humahuaca
14 Templo de la Santa Cruz y de San Francisco de Paula de Uquia, built in 1691
15 Altar in the Uquia Church
16Uquia Cactus-wood roof of the Uquia church
17 View out from the church of Uquia
18Quebrada de Humahuaca Pyramid marking the level of the Tropic of Capricorn
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20 Cliffs of the Quebrada de Humahuaca
21Purmamarca Plowing the old way near Purmamarca
22 Cerro de los Siete Colores
23 Cerro de los Siete Colores
24 Geological colors
25Purmamarca Church of Purmamarca
26Purmamarca Cactus-wood balcony rail in the church
27Purmamarca A steep street in
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29PurmamarcaMa Siv at the Purmamarca market
30Near Purmamarca We drove up the non-paved road above Purmamarca to see the scenery
31Near Purmamarca And what scenery!
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33Near Purmamarca Colors of Argentina
34Pucara de Tilcara, Pucara de Tilcara, a pre-Inca fortification (10th century)
35Pucara de Tilcara, Tourist looking into a building at the Pucara de Tilcara
36Pucara de Tilcara, Reconstructed buildings
37Pucara de Tilcara, Cactus wood
38 Tourist with big cactus
39 Main plaza of ... uh
40Tilcara Siv in her Humahuaca hat
41Tilcara Church of Tilcara
42Tilcara Cactus-wood door (sacristy, saloon, men's room?)