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Quebrada de Humahuaca
06th April 2010
We continued north from Salta to San Salvador de Jujuy (1200 meters) and on to La Quiaca (3440 meters) on the Bolivian border. The highway through yet another spectacular gorge (quebrada) is dotted with little adobe villages populated with indigenous people.
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Purmamarca (2190 meters), a staging post on the Inca Road, is surrounded by multi-coloured hills, has a lovely adobe church facing the square and a lively handicraft fair.
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Large colourful mosaics made from flowers, seeds, leaves and moss depicting Easter scenes lined the streets of Tilcara (2460 meters). The local Festival de Doma (a bareback wild horse riding competition) was new experience for us.
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At 12 midday (mas o menos) in Humahuaca (2990 meters), a life-size statue of San Francisco Solano emerges from the clock tower to bless the people below.
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And now onto Bolivia ….
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