Nice, this travelling lark!

Welcome along from a mystery location!

So, apart from lots of photo uploading, have we actually done anything over the past few days?

Firstly i congratulated Jim on his first blog entry... i think you should all too. And he was correct, we went to Salta, "but where after that?" i hear you cry, where is the mysterious location? .....

......Jujuy actually.

Its about 2 hours north of Salta, has hot springs, a botanical garden or jardin botanico if u want to get all spanish about it, a super market with a sloping floor, and they seem to enjoy a good protest, if our first trip to the shops was anything to go by. All in all it sounds promising, and we have about a day to discover all that, except the supermarket (tick) or the protest ( tick).

But forget about that, that's the future, lets look to the past(?!)

Salta was great! We went on a day trip to a canyon where the rock changed colour as you proceed along, from brown to grey to green to purple, an amazing sight, difficult to capture on camera, but i found a great postcard where all the colours have been massively enhanced, so ill try to get that up and pretend its a truthful representation of it. We climbed ( partially) up where a waterfall used to exist, it was incredible the erosion that had occurred, and the shapes which were now left´interesting! After this, we saw rocks in the shape of a toad, a priest and towers. A parrots nest as well as many more tour buses were also spotted.

Salta is also a famous wine region-not quite so as mendoza, but we dont judge, So of course, as part of this day trip was some wine tasting, a great white for 15 pesos was tried and bought and then a rubbish white for 35 pesos was tried and of course, not bought. It was good to try white for the first time in Argentina, but i have to say that the malbecs are amazing and the cab savs taste like all the peppers... green, red, yellow, all of them! Move over Oz Clarke.

We were also very uncultured. Salta beign a uni town, we visited a club where they basically paid us to come in, always a great sign, free entry and free drink. We could have left at that, but stayed and me an Jim tucked into what the advertising standards board would have a nightmare about... "champagne and speed". The champagne being sparkling wine, and speed, well mum and dad don't worry its not that type! It did, however, do the trick.

Following this we felt we should remember where we come from, how or parents brought us up like. We went to a museum about mummified, or petrified, children of Inca villages, followed this with a trip to a modern art gallery and finished of with a visit to the church. All of which i have not done since my parents were trying to bring me up to do these kind of things. Museum was questionable, the art gallery basically free and interesting and the church... well its was beautifully built but they need to clean the entrance lobby as the pigeons seem to pray here.

Only 2-3 weeks left now...bolivia and chile to visit... hold on tight!

jonny xx