 (orig) (info) Salta, from atop the hill. I was lazy and took the gondola up. |
 (orig) (info) More of Salta |
 (orig) (info) The weather always looked like this, but it never rained |
 (orig) (info) A view of the valley containing Cachi |
 (orig) (info) And a view of the town itself |
 (orig) (info) The andes visible from Cachi |
 (orig) (info) cachi valley |
 (orig) (info) As you may have learned from my Vicuņa pictures, I like cemeteries down here. |
 (orig) (info) cemetary wall |
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 (orig) (info) mountain sunset |
 (orig) (info) colors in the cemetary |
 (orig) (info) cemetary |
 (orig) (info) I took a tour of the landscape and towns around Cachi. Reminiscent of the American southwest in many ways. |
 (orig) (info) These ruins were our first destination. |
 (orig) (info) cacti and landscape |
 (orig) (info) cactus |
 (orig) (info) This fruit is edible and sweet. |
 (orig) (info) desert scene |
 (orig) (info) These cacti grow at a rate of 1cm/year or less. Continents are moving faster than they are. |
 (orig) (info) landscape |
 (orig) (info) This creek soon disappears under a natural bridge |
 (orig) (info) Pretty scene at Puente del Diablo |
 (orig) (info) Another view of the bridge |
 (orig) (info) I liked the lone cactus on the ridge |
 (orig) (info) Looking up the valley |
 (orig) (info) In the background, barely visible against the sky, is a mountain. I think this is one of the twin volcanos that destroyed the nearby village a number of years ago. |
 (orig) (info) More landscapes |
 (orig) (info) Mountains in the background. A white bird in the foreground. |
 (orig) (info) valley view |
 (orig) (info) So many pretty canyons |
 (orig) (info) closer up |
 (orig) (info) river valley |
 (orig) (info) These ruins reminded me of the anasazi in Colorado |
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