After Tucuman I went to Salta. Salta is located in the northwest of Argentina and also know as La Linda, the beauty. Salta is indeed a nice city, though as in many Argentinian cities it is all about the main square. The three main cities in this area (San Miguel de Tucuman, Salta and San Salvador de Jujuy) are located close to eachother. Within five hours you are in another city!
In the afternoon of my arriving day I strolled a bit around the city, just to have a look how the city is built up. As many cities in America (not only south), Salta has a grid patron, hard to get lost! But every junction and so ever look the same.
The second day I went with a cable car up to the hill to have a view over the city. This was nothing special, just another view over another city. Since it was incredibly hot for my standards I spent the rest of the afternoon mainly near the pool of the hostel and bought myself the Lonely planet of Chile!
Because I decided to have seen the city up to visit Cafayate, with a tour up to the second biggest wine region (mainly white) of Argentina. The tour to Cafayate was nice than Cafayate itself, but it was worth the money anyway. The region you have to pass is dry, extremly dry, and the most beautiful rock formations can be seen. After the next mountain you are suddenly in an area with enough rain to feed the grapes. Of course a few wineries were visited and so was the church. Good thing about churches is that they are quiet (after the rush of a town, city), nice (architecture) and cool (instead of the main plaza next to it). Pictures will follow, they are worth it, even when you have not been there!
The day after I went to Tilcara, pretty Tilcara!
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