good morning from Cafayate this is one of the most important wine producing towns in the entire
country I've been in Argentina for nearly three months and just like in my last video which I shot
in La Cumbrecita which is a very beautiful German Town in Cordoba I wasn't even gonna film but then
when I got here I was like I'm going to have to so I'm going to take you around and firstly
I want to show you what I got up to yesterday because it was one of the most beautiful short
bike rides that I've ever done I'm here with my boyfriend and we hired bikes for 3 000 pesos each
for five hours and we went to the local sand dunes before we got here I had absolutely no
idea that there were sand dunes in the area but they are absolutely spectacular the weather has
been incredibly hot especially considering that this is winter in this region it was about 30 32
degrees Celsius let's go back in the shade um and the dunes were the perfect place of respite from
the sunshine because in the shade on the sand it was really really cool and cycling there there
was a bit of a workout but actually even though you're cycling on the road or alongside the road
it was really peaceful there were many cars if you do come to this town I highly thoroughly
recommend that as a little side trip because if you like dogs by the way the Strays here
in Canada they are so adorable and there are so many of them they're really well taken care of
um yeah it's just a round of all side note now cafes is not a big town in fact it's pretty
small it's got about 12 000 inhabitants which is about the same number as the place that I'm from
in the Czech Republic this town which you have definitely never heard of Cafe on the other hand
is a pretty big tourist destination so there are loads of hotels different forms of accommodation
the place we stayed at is so cute um let me do a little another little throwback and show you
what it looked like because yeah I loved it and the owners were so incredibly friendly and before
we go let me just quickly show you the sheets are messed up because of me local art this is
bathroom really good shower unless I really like this outside but look flowers and this is our
little private seating area it's very peaceful this is gonna be a pretty chill video we're just
gonna walk around town see what we can find I have been here for a day already and I'm actually
leaving this afternoon I've always love these more chill travel days where you just walk around with
no particular plan because in a place like this that isn't particularly large you inevitably will
end up discovering so many cute places by just walking around and one thing I really really like
about the standpoint among many is the street art there's so much of it it's really beautifully done
and most of the street Arts from what I've seen so I'm going to take with my sunglasses I always
find it really impersonal when I'm filming a video and I have them anyway as I was saying
most of the street art in the area that I've seen is really deeply rooted in the fact that this area
has a huge indigenous population and as soon as you arrive in these parts of Celta Province or
koku as well which I've not been to yet but I'm going to go to very soon you definitely get a
sense that this feels very different to the south of the country and for me personally as a European
the other parts that I visited so far Mendoza or Buenos Aires or as well have felt more familiar
because of the food and the culture whereas here in the north of the country it feels less familiar
and to me because of that more interesting because I really like traveling to find out new things
learn about different cultures so for me salsa so far has been an absolute revelation the culture is
just a part of why I like it so much the nature here is so unique so interesting um when I went
into the desert yesterday when I went to see the dunes I couldn't help but feel like I was
in Utah the the mountains just are so reminiscent of that type of topography of that type of nature
this is officially one of the cutest playgrounds I've ever seen look at it that looks like so
so much update I have looked on Google Maps and I have
Farm where you get to try goat's cheese and you get to most importantly meet the
goats I think it's primarily aimed at children but anyway here we are
um and in order to get there normally people will go by car like I already said I don't have one and
so I'm just walking alongside the river it's not a very popular tourist route I have to say you just
um go through these small side streets but it is really cool it's really beautiful and on
my right here you can see all the Vineyards there are so many in the area I've been to
Mendoza already that's probably the main wine producing region but here they have different
varietals and a very different climate so the wine tastes very different anyway just
to give you an idea of what the root looks like this is the general Vibe of it we're
gonna walk here for about 20 minutes and then we're gonna get to the goat farm good news we
know that Google's been lying to us because there's a sign for the place I'm going to
and you can see all the irrigation pipes here this is a very dry region so the vines really
need it right there in the distance is the farm and I really hope it's open because
I will say one thing here in Argentina the opening hours on Google Maps are not
always accurate in fact quite often they're completely wrong okay greatness I made it
to the goat farm I've got a ticket for a guided tour which starts in a few minutes
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okay so one of the reasons why I came to this goat farm is because I didn't want to go to a
winery the wine here is amazing don't get me wrong but I just I'm not much of a wine
person and I wanted to go do an activity so this was perfect um I'm actually kind of amazed at
the price of this because I paid 1500 pesos for the tour which was pretty long very thorough um
this and a glass of wine which I didn't know was getting but of course I'm gonna drink it hardly
um my camera's balanced on top of the wine glass this is my wine slash tripod and this is
the most famous varietal in the region all right look I've already made a friend always happens
when I've got food hi okay I've made another friend everyone just keeps visiting this is
very cute also can't just say it I feel really guilty because I'm doing this epic little tour
cheese tasting and my boyfriend is Saturday Cafe on a work call this is one of the major perks of
being self-employed I'll bring him some cheese bag but I've just got this purse with no bags
and if I fill that purse with cheese I'm never gonna wash that smell out so I'm sorry Sam
all right I finished that's very dramatic I finished my cheese I finished my wine and now
I've gotta head back we are gonna get lunch this is just a starter and head back to salta
that's exactly what I would like to do
okay this is an artisanal market I think this one is perfect for you these are amazing the
cazuela if you look at it it's like a tagine like a micro oven yeah you like that one the best
okay this might be the best purchase I've ever made all handmade
I hope you like this video and learned something interesting I for one know
a lot more about goats than I did before this trip I've got loads of
travel Vlogs from Argentina and Beyond on my channel and more being published
every week so don't forget to subscribe next I'm going to Jujuy and Iguazu Falls
which I'm told are both pretty incredible so I hope to see you in the next video bye