7C BROWN. BUST IT BIG: One last Day in Bolivia

8-2-12 Tupazi , Boliva 23 miles Dirt

Well on the map that bounced of the bike the other day it said that Tupazi was a pleasant town. I would have to agree. We decided to stay another day here and enjoy the swimming pool and things. Today we rode up some dried river beds and dirt roads. The scenery here is so beautiful we had to go explore some of it before heading onto Argentina. Red rocks and Balanced rocks are everywhere. If this was in the states it would for sure be a National Park area. We found a swweet spot for lunch under a large thorn tree. Crazy thing happened. It started raining late at night and it rained all all night long. That’s the first time we have seen the rain come down for hours and hours. Usually its short showers. The next day those dried river beds were raging rivers that you could boat down.

9-2-12 Tupazi-Humahuaca Argentina 160 miles

Today was boarder day. We try and figure its going to take up most of our day. A couple of guys we met last week told us it took them 7 hours here. It turns out we were only here for 1 hour. Everyone is going the opposite way of us. They all want to get into Bolivia and we want to get out. We arrived in a small village Humanhuaca. Its actually a tourist town because of the red rock cliffs here. Our first night in Argentina and our room actually has a heater???WOW!!

10-2-12 Humahuaca-Rosario de la Fronterra 240 miles of Hwy.

Well it feels good today to finally be able to cover some ground. I cant believe it!! At the gas stations they also sell food,oil,and ice cold beer. What a concept eh. Some people may not understand just how awesome this really is. It saves you hours. It is now so hot that we went from having heat in our room last night to now having A/C. The rooms here are more expensive, but you usually do get more for your money. Now we have been paying 30-45 dollars a night for a a room. The room tonight is a small chalet out in the country. We are starting to be able to tell that Argentina is much more together than any other country that we have visited thus far. Free filtered bottled water at the gas stations. WHAT?? Did I mention that the police don’t even stop you at any of the road blocks here so far. I think the riding here is more dangerous than anywhere we have been so far. The cars here absolutely fly, or go really really slow. Its pretty dangerous when they fly by doing 80+ miles and hour. Some cars are going 45 while others are doing 80+. In the past we are just about the fastest thing on the roads. Not so here!!!

11-2-12 Rosario de la Fronterra-valle de Catamarca 237 miles

Now we are in very tropical climates. Its almost 90 with tons of humidity. Along the road today is mostly sugar cane fields mixed in with tobacco. There is so so much sugar cane growing all over the Americas. Huge barns with tobacco hanging up drying. Toward the end of the day we did manage to get into a little different scenery. Now it seems we are starting to enter grape and olive country. so what do we do? Yep buy some local Malbec Vino and cheese stuffed olives for our wonderful dinner that Camille prepared for us. Our room tonight is the best so far. Its actually a full cabin with kitchen and all. It sure is nice to spread out all of our stuff for a change.