Cachi

the last etapa on our trip was the mountain road form cachi to salta. cachi itself is another laid back, not too special, but really beautiful village in the valley of calchaquies. for the fame of ruta 40 also really touristic, but still charming.

leaving cachi we also have to leave ruta 40, which means being on a ruta with a boring random number, but also getting back to asfalt. so advancing really fast on nice paved highway we cruse through the sierra and climb up the mountains again. to get to salta we have to cross a pass on 3400 metres. kinda chilly up there, with a really nice view into greeen green valleys, decorated with puffy white clouds. beautiful, sucks that my camera couldnt get that picture as a whole. up and up the mountain the climate changed, and with it the vegetation.

green grass and short but very green trees make the new picture. in the valleys between the hills youd find some houses, not even villages, i wonder what kind of people might live there. going down the serpentine road from the pass was actually the real adventure of the day. theyre reconstructing the road, so one kilometre after the pass the asphalt ends, again, and we have to manage our renault clio (!) on the dirt. between all the construction machines and -workers. and cattle. ooon the road, where else?