Hi and Bye Cafayate, Argentina

Hostal El Balcon Pasaje 20 de Febrero 110, 35 pesos x person

We really had a world wind tour of the small, rocky town of Cafayate. We arrived at 11:30pm and left the next night at 2am.

Cafayate is known for it´s beautiful rock formations. We were told by our friends in Tilcara "You´ll want to kill yourself in Cafayate because everything is so beautiful and you can´t get out of the car!" It was true, the rock formations were amazing. And by now, rock watching is second nature!

Instead of our usual frustrating wrestle with public transportation to visit tourist attractions, we opted to take the 3rd tour of our trip.

It was worth it. It´s really amazing when you can just get in a van, go into a daze and poof! arrive at your destination! It was definitely worth the $15 :) Usually we do our own, cheaper, more of a hassle, what should take one day really takes 2 or 3 tour. We don´t mind, we have time and we don´t have money. And we´re practically South Americans by now, waiting hours calmly for a bus that may never come. We´re cool with it. We´ve learned from relaxed professionals. In South America, nothing happens in one day... or a week... or many times a month :)

Anyways, our easy as pie tour was breathtaking. After visiting Purmamarca, I thought "I´ll never see more colorful rocks for the rest of my life!" Until Cafayate... Fernando did us well recommending us to visit this beautiful, rocky part of Argentina.

Rocks of all shapes, sizes and colors surrounded us. The most breathtaking being a hike-cito through a canon with a rainbow of colors. We walked past walls of brown, yellow and green rocks and arrived at our destination called "Quebrada de Cafayate." Here layers and layers of colorful rocks are stacked on top of one another. We had seen postcards of this phenomenon, but to see up close was awesome. Brown, green, red, orange, white... all so clearly "painted" on top of each other. Amazing!

We finished up our tour visiting La Garganta del Diablo and the huge, acoustically perfect, naturally made theatre, where they have a microphone-less concert once a year.

We arrived back to our hostal, snuck in and occupied the couch watching HTV with some new, hilarious American girls we met. The quote of the night being from our new friend Tiffany, "You´re a Gassy Lassy? So is Emily!" We´ll be sure to meet up with these girls again in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2am, time to catch our bus to Iguazu!