We have left the city of Salta for the small town of Cafayate Argentina. The town is surrounded by canyons and vineyards and earlier today we went out to explore them both. We left the outskirts of town on a dusty road towards the river Colorado. Not long into our trip we noticed we had gained a traveler, a dog we recognized from the plaza, we named him Patchy. The three of use walked the 6km´s to the river and then followed the reminisce of a trail up the river and into the mountains.
The trail was more of a goat path and we took care not to get wet when crossing the river numerous times, alas Patchy was less delicate and bound through the water next to us often leaving us drenched. But the air was hot and we dried quickly. We saw few other tourists and had the quaint waterfall to ourselves when we arrived. We enjoyed a quick lunch before heading back down the rocky trail. Invigorated from our adventurous walk we headed back to town and on the way slipped into a winery where we tried their wines and bought a bottle of their crisp white wine for dinner.
Refreshed and a little buzzed we made the last leg to town. It was a great day trip and felt like we had our own private canyon to explore. We walked a total of 15 km’s (the dog walked about 50km constantly running back to check on us) and had to say good bye to our cyanine friend back in town, before bedding down for a siesta (we are becoming quite fond of the local napping custom). R
From our horse riding two days ago:
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