Tilcara, Humahuaca and Iruya

North of Salta is the other province capital of the area, San Salvador de Jujuy. And north of Jujuy runs Quebrada de Humahuaca. In this canyon, as in many other places in the Andes, you are met by multicoloured mountains. Here, where the border to Bolivia is not far away, the population is overwhelmingly Quechua Indians. In Quebrada de Humahuaca there are also some small towns that are popular tourist stops.

I set the base for my expedition in Tilcara, which has a population of 3000 persons, and stayed there for two nights. One day, I went to Humahuaca further to north, and which is twice the size of Tilcara, and from Humahuaca I continued to the isolated Iruya. The road to Iruya first climbs to 4000 m above sea level, and the goes down into the valley on zig-zag roads. And there, almost improbably located, is Iruya, not at all a very small place.

1. El Pucará	2. Quebrada de Humahuaca	3. Río Grande	4. View over El Pucará
5. Green Oasis	6. View over Tilcara	7. Tilcara II	8. Street Scene Tilcara
9. Tilcara Church	10. Cabildo, Humahuaca	11. Monumento a la Independencia	12. View over Humauaca
13. Street, Humahuaca	14. Still Life with Loudspeaker	15. Iturbe	16. Transportes Mendoza
17. The Other Bus	18. The Highest Point	19. View from Highest Point	20. Going Down
21. Scene from the Bus	22. Dry River	23. Confluence	24. Iruya
25. The Church	26. Street with Bus	27. Street Scene with Mountain Wall	28. The Market
29. View Downstream	30. Imposing Mountain Wall	31. Grafitti	32. View Across the River
33. View over Iruya II	34. Cat	35. Imposing II	36. The Mystic Zig-Zag
37. Bus Going Uphill	38. House with Solar Panels	39. Indian Standup Comedian	40. Irrigation
41. Dog for a Day	42. Dog in the Bushes