0272 World Tour: Argentina (Salta, Tren a Las Nubes, San Antonio, Salar Grande) http://www.photoworks.com/share/shareLanding.jsp?shareCode=AF04773BE6A&cb=PW "IMG_0653.jpg" "Arrive in Salta at night" "IMG_0685.jpg" "Assorted empenadas" "IMG_0686.jpg" "Tamale" "IMG_0662.jpg" "A posh consumer city" "IMG_0664.jpg" "nothing special" "IMG_0663.jpg" "Relax in the plaza principal" "IMG_0683.jpg" "" "IMG_0665.jpg" "Trip up to the mirador" "IMG_0667.jpg" "" "IMG_0669.jpg" "" "IMG_0670.jpg" "" "IMG_0672.jpg" "" "IMG_0674.jpg" "a nice artificial waterfall" "IMG_0675.jpg" "the stone trail back down" "IMG_0677.jpg" "Upscale neighborhoods" "IMG_0681.jpg" "The Argentina typical hammock dorm bed with useless foam slab pillow" "IMG_0643.jpg" "The first of the Salta repairs (the front brake)" "IMG_0644.jpg" "The leaky battery" "IMG_0688.jpg" "The rear brake" "IMG_0692.jpg" "The only other Hyosung engine I have seen. I drewl over the idea of taking spares from the dormant beast." "IMG_0694.jpg" "Trip through the mountains alongside the Train to the Clouds" "IMG_0695.jpg" "" "IMG_0698.jpg" "" "IMG_0699.jpg" "really beautiful scenery" "IMG_0700.jpg" "" "IMG_0701.jpg" "" "IMG_0702.jpg" "" "IMG_0703.jpg" "" "IMG_0705.jpg" "" "IMG_0707.jpg" "" "IMG_0708.jpg" "" "IMG_0709.jpg" "" "IMG_0711.jpg" "" "IMG_0716.jpg" "" "IMG_0717.jpg" "" "IMG_0719.jpg" "" "IMG_0721.jpg" "slowly making my way up against heavy wind to the pass at 2950m" "IMG_0725.jpg" "" "IMG_0726.jpg" "" "IMG_0727.jpg" "The nothing outpost of San Antonio" "IMG_0730.jpg" "it is really this boring" "IMG_0741.jpg" "" "IMG_0732.jpg" "a stiff Mate de Coca" "IMG_0735.jpg" "Bife y papas fritas" "IMG_0736.jpg" "The abandoned hot springs" "IMG_0739.jpg" "The service station I spent the night in" "IMG_0738.jpg" "What is he looking at? ie. The reason they always spill the gas everywhere" "IMG_0742.jpg" "The famous viaduct bridge" "IMG_0743.jpg" "" "IMG_0744.jpg" "" "IMG_0747.jpg" "" "IMG_0753.jpg" "" "IMG_0755.jpg" "" "IMG_0756.jpg" "" "IMG_0757.jpg" "" "IMG_0758.jpg" "Onward toward Purmamarca" "IMG_0759.jpg" "crossing the argentina altiplano" "IMG_0760.jpg" "" "IMG_0761.jpg" "to the Grande Salar" "IMG_0762.jpg" "" "IMG_0763.jpg" "" "IMG_0767.jpg" "where the dirt road meets with paved" "IMG_0770.jpg" "and goes elegantly over the dramtic Cuesta Lipan at 4180m" "IMG_0771.jpg" "perhaps the most inspiring mountain pass i have ever driven" "IMG_0772.jpg" "down along the edge of the canyon ravine" "IMG_0773.jpg" "Milanesa in Tilcara" "STC_0782.jpg" "Visite Maimara (1 of 3)" "STB_0781.jpg" "Visite Maimara (2 of 3)" "STA_0780.jpg" "Visite Maimara (3 of 3)" "IMG_0775.jpg" "North a bit further to see the Canyon of 7 Colors" "IMG_0777.jpg" "" "IMG_0778.jpg" "before turning back south" "IMG_0792.jpg" "Hotel Salta in Metan - What is possible with a Hyosung 125 and not with a BMW 650" "IMG_0793.jpg" "Searching for the leak in my Thermarest" "IMG_0794.jpg" "Replace the basket on back" "IMG_0796.jpg" "The devistatingly long hot and dull trip across the country on the 16E toward Brasil" "IMG_0795.jpg" "Camped halfway in the service station park in Avia Teray"