Salta a me ka puni

I kēia manawa, kākau ka blogger malihini ʻo Mama Viajera i kekahi mau pou e pili ana i kā mākou huakaʻi hui i nā pule ʻehā ma Argentina a me Uruguay i Dekemaba.

Naʻu nā kiʻi .

Ke hoʻomau nei kaʻu mau pou me ka lohi maʻamau .

Salta - Cachi - Cafayate - San Antonio de las Cobres - Tilcara, Humuacucha - Salta

ʻAʻole mākou makemake nui iā Salta "la Linda" (ka nani) i kēia manawa. Ma ke ala e hoʻi hou mākou i kēia helu helu. Me ke kaʻa hoʻolimalima, holo mākou i ka hema, i ka Andes. Elua kaapuni a puni Salta, hookahi ma ka akau a hookahi ma ka hema. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ka ʻoihana hoʻolimalima kaʻa iā mākou no ka mea ʻōlelo lākou ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa a maikaʻi ʻole nā alanui, ke hana nei mākou. A ʻike mākou ua ʻoi aku kona hopohopo e pili ana i kāna kaʻa. ʻO nā ala ʻelua he nani a kupaianaha, akā ʻo nā alanui ʻaʻole i paʻa i kekahi manawa.

Ma nā awāwa ʻōmaʻomaʻo hiki mākou i ka National Park de las Cardones, i ʻike ʻia no ka cactus candelabra. Kiʻi ʻino mākou i nā mea mua - no ka nui o nā māla cactus ma hope a ua kaupalena mākou iā mākou iho i ka nani a me ka nui loa. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i loko o nā awāwa pōhaku, mahalo mākou i nā ʻano. Nui wale. A no nā kilomita! ʻAʻole hiki ke kiʻi ʻia kēia ākea me ka pahupaʻikiʻi. Ma ke kauhale ʻoluʻolu o Cachi mākou e noho ai i ka pō i loko o kahi monastery kahiko a hauʻoli i nā waina maikaʻi o ka wahi: nā Torrontés keʻokeʻo a me ka ʻulaʻula Malbec. Ma kahi o 80 km a hiki i Cafayate, hoihoi pū kekahi me nā ʻāina pōhaku hoihoi a i kēia manawa a me nā hoki a i ʻole nā kāʻi ʻōmaʻomaʻo e uwē nui ana ma ke alanui. A "hoʻopaʻi" no nā alanui ʻūhū ʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, kahi e kānalua ai au inā hiki i kā mākou kaʻa liʻiliʻi ke paʻa. Pono ʻo ia e hoʻomanawanui i nā lā aʻe a mālama iā ia 😊. ʻO nā kala a me nā ʻano a me ka ʻoki hohonu o ka "amphitheater" he mea kupanaha hoʻi ma waena o Cafayate a me ka Embalse Cabra Coral (reservoir). Hoʻoholo koke mākou e noho i ka pō ma ka Hotel La Dique maikaʻi ma ka loko. Kamahaʻo ka loko a me ka ʻike!

I ka lā aʻe, hele mākou i 4000m. Hoʻokele mākou i ke ala nani i uhi ʻia e ka "Tren a las nubes" (nā ao) mai Salta (1200m) a i ka palena ʻo Chile ma 4300m a hiki i San Antonio de las Cobres. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia kahi ala ala ma nā kiʻi mākaʻikaʻi āpau. Makemake maoli ʻo Marc e hele i laila, no laila kaʻa mākou i kahi 25km hou aʻe ma laila a hoʻi i nā ala ʻino a ʻike i nā vicunas, llamas a me nā hoki. I ke ahiahi, ma San Antonio de los Cobres, loaʻa iā mākou kekahi o kēia mau llamas ma luna o ka pā, i ka empanadas a i ʻole he schnitzel me nā ʻōpala kulina kūikawā a mākou i ʻike ʻole ai. ʻO ka waina ʻulaʻula i inu ʻia me ia, e like me ka mea maʻamau, he Malbec maikaʻi loa ia, ʻo Cabernet Sauvignon paha.

ʻO kekahi 100km ma nā alanui ʻiliʻili e alakaʻi iā mākou i ka Salinas Grandes (nā loko paʻakai nui). Mahalo hou mākou i ka nui. He luhi ka neʻe ʻana ma kēia kiʻekiʻe a ʻaʻole au hauʻoli ke hoʻi mākou i lalo i ke awāwa - ma Quebreca de Humahuaca. ʻO ka pōhaku kala 7 ma Purmamarca ka mea hoihoi iā mākou. Akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kala 14 o ka Serrenías del Hornocal. No ka mea he ʻāina ʻōiwi maoli ka Quebreca de Humuahaca, kūʻai mākou i nā lole a me nā seramika ma aneʻi. Ke kakali nei au i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kiʻi hānau hānau ʻulaʻula ma ka hale Kalikimaka aʻe.