I worked up the courage to leave Salta, and go to Humahuaca, which is a little over the double in altitude, yay!
The ride north turned out to be the coolest drive of this trip so far. The ticket lady at the bus station mentioned that she gave me a great seat, but I shrugged it off because I was busy suffering about the fact that I'm going to he higher, classic Natalia.
Turns out I got the top front corner seat with front and side windows... Hells yeah!
I got the best views of the Andes and I fell completely in love, wow!
This is where I wish I could've either been hiking this road, or biking it, or even driving a rental... Cuz it was just amazing! The colors and the different peaks were breathtaking!
I also realized the type of territory I was in. I was so used to a tropical climate and beach-like territory and this was totally different! The river banks are dry, dust everywhere, cactuses, the occasional wild horse and llama. Secluded towns. It's probably the first time I've ever been in such desert like conditions. Ignoring my headache, I continued snapping nomerous pictures of the horizon.
Here in Humahuaca, it's real quiet... You can see and hear the wind. It also picks up a ton of dust! The sun is bright and hot because of the altitude. Yet, when you're not in it, you freeze!
I took a stroll and nothing was open, except some souvenir stores.
So here I will stay, for a few days to acclimatize myself, and hopefully my pulse will go down and it won't feel like I'm breathing like I ran a marathon even though I've been sitting all day.
Just me and my coca tea, a few pants and sweaters and Carine's French book which I'm a lot further than I ever expected to get.
No comments:
Post a Comment