Martijn's Blog

We drove the 250km ? from Humahuaca to San Antonio de Los Cobres over the unpaved roads which were mainly flat but we could not really drive faster than 80 km an hour.

We stopped in tres cruces for lunch. I think it was the cheapest meal we have had: 9 pesos ($3) for soup, milanesa (kind of schnitzel) with salad and jelly for 2 people.

The scenery was kind of boring except for the "Salinas Grandes" (the big salt deserts)

slightly overexposed.....

San Antonio is a little mining town at 3770 meters so nothing really grows there. The air is so dry that your nose feels like it's made of concrete inside. The only thing remarkable about this place was the amount of rabid dogs running around. Normally the place is famous because "the train to the clouds" (el tren a las nubes) stops here.

We had some trouble finding accomodation in this place and we ended up staying in empty barracks administered by the local gendarmeria. They were not heated so you can imagine how cold it was at night at that altitude.