all right so what are you thinking of getting here an alpaca sweater it's alpaca and mourinho
we've been climbing up these meandering roads with just amazing views
so our first stop in the province of jujuy argentina was the town of purmamarca whose name
translates to desert city in the aymara language this is a pretty quiet town lined with adobe
buildings ancient algarvo trees a lively market that sets up in the central square and we can't
forget the otherworldly rainbow colored mountains that act as a beautiful backdrop
well good morning everyone and greetings from the town of purmamarca here in the province of
jujuy argentina this is known as the town with the hill of seven colors that looks like a lot
more it looks like a little close-up yeah because the whole the whole set of mountains here is uh
oh the motorcycles are going by there's like a motorcycle riding club they are all royal
enfield okay motorcycle it must be some sort of a club or something british motorcycles in northern
argentina imagine that but yeah like we were saying the the mountains here the colors are just
spectacular amazing it's a beautiful day it's warm but there is a nice uh breeze and some nice uh
gust of wind so what we had to do i had to do i bought myself a new sombrero gringo cup here
i wasn't cutting it no i wasn't cutting it it doesn't cover your face the wind blows it
constantly away so it's only 250 pesos somewhere bought it how much is that in dollars oh my gosh
it's like three something dollars yeah three dollars okay yeah for this it covers your face
it has a strap so the wind is not gonna blow it away the colors here i don't know is spectacular
yeah it's a seven color mountain it's almost like colors that you wouldn't expect to see in nature
on the earth you've got like oranges and lavender and violet and green and yellow oh yeah all right
let's keep going let's do it this spot right here is called cerro el borito and it's a super easy
climb that you can access from the center of town there's a very small fee of just a few pesos and
you get some really great views of the famous hill of seven colors it's well worth the short climb
we then made our way to the square known as plaza nuevo de julio to browse the
local market where you can get all sorts of textiles pottery and handcrafted goods
so these are little candies with honey and coca leaf and apparently it's really good
for the altar too tomorrow we're going to be at over 4 thousand meters so we'll be cheering
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bye okay people we are the town square and we found a beauty of a tree over here
this is called algarrobo in spanish it's a tree that grows from southern cordova all the way up
to the north of the country it's a massive beast over 700 years old so if you have a chance to
come to this town it's a little bit hidden out of the regular way just across from the square
and right next to the church you don't see many like uh these sizes anymore you know so it's an
experience i don't know maybe it's because i love trees and i love anything that has to do with wood
and nature but you look at the branches and you just can't believe it nature at its best yeah so
come and take a look at this if you're down this way i went shopping in the town square check this
out just like all the different colors it's going to keep me warm because we're going to be reaching
some pretty high altitudes here over 4 000 meters yeah and it gets windy up there once you start
going over the passes plus we have patagonia coming up later and you got one more thing
one more thing i already showed you my candy my cocoa honey candy this i think she said is called
aguado and it has lots of different uses like you can use it as a tablecloth or as a rug or put it
on furniture or wear it as a poncho i should get cold so time to try these candies so they are made
eucalyptus of course cocoa and also honey too mm-hmm cocoa less do you think it's cocoa like
chocolate coca leaf my friends it's so sweet and sugary i don't really taste anything aside from
the sugar you don't get the bitterness of the coca leaf none whatsoever oh good we're going to be
consuming a lot of these candies over the next few days i have the feeling i'm having another
one and now we're just sitting in front of the the church here in front of the town square the church
dates back to 1648 it's made out of adobe no photos allowed inside but we'll show you
the exterior so you get an idea of what it's like our visit to purmamarca jujuy argentina was short
and sweet because we still had a steep mountain pass to cross we got back in the car and started
the drive to salinas grandes a massive salt flat situated between the provinces of huhui and salta
well guys a little update from the back of the car here we've been climbing up mountains and hills
now for about 40 minutes 30 or 40 minutes it's about 60 kilometers from the town we were visiting
is a place called the salinas grandes basically the giant salt flats we've been climbing up
these meandering roads with just amazing views like just unbelievable views along the way and
it's very serpentine roads we're taking it easy we're sucking on our cocoa candy in the back here
and we're trying to acclimatize as best we can to the altitude
on the drive over we came across a herd of guanacos they're a close relative of the llama
and they kind of blend in with the landscape so we were pretty excited to see them
time for another update from the road we have made it to our maximum altitude today four
thousand one hundred and seventy meters above sea level here in altos el morado how are you feeling
let's hope not like that i mean i'm starting to feel like a pressure on my head and like
a heaviness so we just stopped here at a lookout we snapped some photos but there was also a lady
selling more coca candy because apparently someone in the back has already almost finished the first
pack we had to grab a few more packs for the rest of the day and tomorrow so yeah frankly
you feel like crap up here yeah let's put it you know let's take it put it the right way
and a lot of people feel worse than others yeah so why because it's so fast you know it's uh
you'll never know how how you're going to feel until you experience it yeah and you climb to
this altitude some people are i don't know they have a metabolism that is uh it does not affect
them as much i'm i'm not i'm not worried but some other ones they it feels like your body turns to
rubber yeah and your head is very light-headed you just feel lethargic yeah it's uh it's a very uh
ugly sensation let's let's say but on the bright side on the bright side we can already see the
salt flats we're only 20 minutes away so it wasn't that long of a journey and we're going down and
we're going down we are descending again on the other side of the mountain so things are improving
this is salinas grandes a vast white desert of salt that sits at an altitude of 3 450
meters above sea level it's a cool place to snap some photos and have fun with optical illusions
well guys we have made it to salinas grandes the great salt flats here in jujuy argentina it was a
bit of an optical illusion almost like a mirage on approach yeah it looked like water water yeah yeah
we could see from the far away from the distance it looked like a lake instead of a salt flat
so yeah it's nice here and over there there is a whole bunch of rows of pools where they uh
i guess that's where they get the salt from you know the only thing is that you can really feel
the sun here you know the the sun rays they hit the salt and they reflect and bounce back
and it feels like it's really uh you're cooking cooking here you know
bronzing getting some color there are steaks on the barbie you gotta be careful if you come here
because uh you could end up roasted the chicken you know yeah
also sorry about the abrupt ending to this vlog i accidentally filmed the speaking outro
in slow motion classic and then i thought i lost my cell phone so we spent a good chunk
of time retracing our steps looking for it in the desert of course it made an appearance in
the door panel we had already searched three times so yeah it was a bit of a stressful end
to the day but we'll see you in the next video where we'll visit the towns of ukiya and uma
and also a high altitude vineyard so see you soon
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