Day 16 and 17 Salta and Cafayate

Well after yesterdays effort we all get a well deserved sleep in and sample the awesome Argentinian food. Salta is a nice city with authentic markets and plazas. The locals all close up shop at around 2 and don't open up again until after 4, so we do our shopping and eating quite late.

The next day we planned to do a short morning ride (190k) to a small town in the middle of two mountain ranges - Cafayate. This is where we intend to spend the afternoon playing golf on the worlds largest golf course (that's the claim). The ride proves to be a spectacular one through arid gorges and canyons then opening out to vistas similar to Arizona

When we got to Cafayate we started with a great lunch - the Argentinian steaks are just too good, we have to stop eating them, all the weight we lost up north is now being put back on with the great food here.

Because Argentina has a long weekend this weekend we have been having trouble finding accommodation - and its the same in this town, we end up in a single room for 4 and drop our gear off to go to the golf course. We get a golf cart and beer and have a good afternoon of team ambrose, with the old fullas winning the day against the Sams.

We also had a bit of a scare with the local wildlife; I got caught up with a Pink Python, Sam T beat it with the club and I managed to pry myself free.

Tommorow Catamarca.