Hitchhiking from Purmamarca to Villazon was hard and tedious. Full sun, no shade and almost no traffic heading up north. And to my surprise no trucks either, they all take the turn at Purmamarca to head in the direction of Chile instead… After 60 km in 6 hours with including standing for two hours at the location below we gave up and took a bus. With only costed some 30 pesos, pretty cheap for Argentina.
Purmamarca in the province of Jujuy is the location of the mountain of the 7 colors. Quite obvious how it got the name. It?s full of young backpackers from Argentina, but also a pretty nice town. It doesn?t feel like Argentina though much since it?s part of the Andes area and the people look accordingly.
Another time! The trip from Cafayate to Salta is enchanting. Some photos with as extra the dique Cabral that I didn?t visit the last time. Also a nice, but very touristy place. Hithhiking was easy since we went with the same guy who picked us up in Tafi del Valle.
A short story in pictures, hitchhiking in Argentina ( yes we really came this far ) from Cordoba to Salta in about a week. We stopped in San Marcos Sierras, Lavalle and Cafayate to enjoy the surroundings. We also met a few zillion people and saw about 10 different cars from inside and outside. Thanks go out to all the nice people who take strangers on their travels of course!
Some photos (by request!) of the place I stayed for about two months and a half
Just because the place is really lovely.
