The Dutchman and I headed north to San Juan where we took a little side trip to Valle de la Luna. This place is loaded with fossils from the Triassic period , the beginning of the Age of Reptiles.
As you can see the weather was not up to par, the rain started pouring- destroying the roads and finally stopped us from completing our tour.
Interesting geological formations - the tour was in Spanish so can´t really explain what caused this
Me with Argentina´s very own natural Sphinx
Thousands of perfectly round rocks
Just wanted to see if a dinosaur could wrap its jaws around my big cabeza.
Our next stop was the capital of the Salta province, Salta.
Main 18th century cathedral of Salta lit up for the night
A real man´s steak - 2 inches thick for the slim tag of 6 bucks
Mark getting religious
The gondola ride up to the top of Cerro San Bernardo
Me at the top
Mark and I dining in style - I had the rabbit & he went for the bife de chorizo (New York Steak).
In Salta Mark and I rented a VW Golf and decided to follow the tracks of the famous Train to the Clouds. The roads weren´t paved most of the way, but the little car had a lotta juice and we paid extra for insurance - so we proceeded to fishtail 600km through the clouds.
One of thirteen bridges that the train crosses.
Fancy rock formations
Great landscape
More neato geology
As you can see the weather was not up to par, the rain started pouring- destroying the roads and finally stopped us from completing our tour.
Interesting geological formations - the tour was in Spanish so can´t really explain what caused this
Me with Argentina´s very own natural Sphinx
Thousands of perfectly round rocks
Just wanted to see if a dinosaur could wrap its jaws around my big cabeza.
Our next stop was the capital of the Salta province, Salta.
Main 18th century cathedral of Salta lit up for the night
A real man´s steak - 2 inches thick for the slim tag of 6 bucks
Mark getting religious
The gondola ride up to the top of Cerro San Bernardo
Me at the top
Mark and I dining in style - I had the rabbit & he went for the bife de chorizo (New York Steak).
In Salta Mark and I rented a VW Golf and decided to follow the tracks of the famous Train to the Clouds. The roads weren´t paved most of the way, but the little car had a lotta juice and we paid extra for insurance - so we proceeded to fishtail 600km through the clouds.One of thirteen bridges that the train crosses.
Fancy rock formations
Great landscape
More neato geologyThe famous viaduct La Polvorilla, located 4,220 metres (13,850 ft) meters above sea level. The curved viaduct is 224 metres long and 70 metres high.
Standing on the Salinas Grandes salt flats
I hadn´t been behind the wheel for a while, and I´ve never owned anything that could go over the speed limit let alone rally, so I proceed to take our rental on a high speed cookie ridden joyride across the salt flats. There were no cars, people or buildings as far as the eye could see, hence nothing could go wrong......
My bravado led to the car getting stuck, but minutes later in the horizon I saw a moving dot heading my way and after about a half an hour the dot, a man with a shovel, arrived and dug us out. I gave him a couple bucks and we promptly left the salt flats. 
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