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Argentina (Salta, Tren a Las Nubes, San Antonio, Salar Grande)

Arrive in Salta at night
Assorted empenadas
Tamale
A posh consumer city
nothing special
Relax in the plaza principal

Trip up to the mirador




a nice artificial waterfall
the stone trail back down
Upscale neighborhoods
The Argentina typical hammock dorm bed with useless foam slab pillow
The first of the Salta repairs (the front brake)
The leaky battery
The rear brake
The only other Hyosung engine I have seen. I drewl over the idea of taking spares from the dormant beast.
Trip through the mountains alongside the Train to the Clouds


really beautiful scenery












slowly making my way up against heavy wind to the pass at 2950m


The nothing outpost of San Antonio
it is really this boring

a stiff Mate de Coca
Bife y papas fritas
The abandoned hot springs
The service station I spent the night in
What is he looking at? ie. The reason they always spill the gas everywhere
The famous viaduct bridge







Onward toward Purmamarca
crossing the argentina altiplano

to the Grande Salar


where the dirt road meets with paved
and goes elegantly over the dramtic Cuesta Lipan at 4180m
perhaps the most inspiring mountain pass i have ever driven
down along the edge of the canyon ravine
Milanesa in Tilcara
Visite Maimara (1 of 3)
Visite Maimara (2 of 3)
Visite Maimara (3 of 3)
North a bit further to see the Canyon of 7 Colors

before turning back south
Hotel Salta in Metan - What is possible with a Hyosung 125 and not with a BMW 650
Searching for the leak in my Thermarest
Replace the basket on back
The devistatingly long hot and dull trip across the country on the 16E toward Brasil
Camped halfway in the service station park in Avia Teray