Salta, Argentina
... is stark, strange and beautiful, with a landscape of multicoloured rock strata that make it on to many a postcard. The famous quebradas (gorges) of Humahuaca and the Quebrada del Río de Las Conchas are eerie, dry and worth a day each to explore.
Two other cool things to do in the area are to go see the mummies at the MAAM, on the main square in Salta, and drink some Torrontés in Cafayate. The second I will get into in another post. As for the mummies:
The Museum of High Altitude Archaeology (MAAM)...
July 7th, 2008 | Brendan | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: argentina, City Review, Humahuaca, Salta
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