On the Road to Cachi

Cachi is a small town some 180 km south-west of Salta. I opted to make this excursion with a traditional tour operator and ended up in a minibus with nine other tourists and a guide. For the first part of the trip the guide was talking too much - which guides commonly do. When we started to do the real climb, she had apparently run out of words, so she stared to play a CD with local folk music, and loudly. I didn't understand the point - the beautiful land scape was perfect entertainment as it was.

Despite the setting, it was quite a good trip. Had I rented a car and driven myself, I would not have been able to see equally much of the landscape. Half the distance was curvy unpaved road, calling for all attention on the road. And the road was the real purpose of the trip. Cachi is certainly a sweet little place, but not worth a day trip on its own.

I took photos both the way going there and on the way back home, but I have arranged them in geographical order, so to speak. Some pictures are taken out from the bus window, which explains some funny reflexes.

1. Dry River Bed	2. Horses in River Bed	3. Canyon Side	4. From the Bridge
5. El Sunchal 3 km	6. Red Mountains	7. Grafitti	8. Red and Green Mountains
9. By the Café	10. Mountain Side	11. Cuesta de Obispo	12. Cuesta de Obispo II
13. Naked Mountain	14. See for Miles	15. Mountain View	16. View, Piedra del Molino
17. Chapel Piedra del Molino	18. Inside the Chapel	19. Recta Tin Tin	20. Mountains from Recta Tin Tin
21. Parque de los Cardones	22. Bush with Yellow Flowers	23. Cardón close-up	24. Cachi plaza
25. View from Cachi	26. View from Cachi II	27. The Church in Cachi	28. Cactus Ceiling