we've been climbing up these meandering  roads with just amazing views

so our first stop in the province of jujuy  argentina was the town of purmamarca whose name  

translates to desert city in the aymara language  this is a pretty quiet town lined with adobe  

buildings ancient algarvo trees a lively market  that sets up in the central square and we can't  

forget the otherworldly rainbow colored  mountains that act as a beautiful backdrop  

well good morning everyone and greetings from  the town of purmamarca here in the province of  

jujuy argentina this is known as the town with  the hill of seven colors that looks like a lot  

more it looks like a little close-up yeah because  the whole the whole set of mountains here is uh  

oh the motorcycles are going by there's like  a motorcycle riding club they are all royal  

enfield okay motorcycle it must be some sort of a  club or something british motorcycles in northern  

argentina imagine that but yeah like we were  saying the the mountains here the colors are just  

spectacular amazing it's a beautiful day it's warm  but there is a nice uh breeze and some nice uh  

gust of wind so what we had to do i had to do  i bought myself a new sombrero gringo cup here  

i wasn't cutting it no i wasn't cutting it  it doesn't cover your face the wind blows it  

constantly away so it's only 250 pesos somewhere  bought it how much is that in dollars oh my gosh  

it's like three something dollars yeah three  dollars okay yeah for this it covers your face  

it has a strap so the wind is not gonna blow it  away the colors here i don't know is spectacular  

yeah it's a seven color mountain it's almost like  colors that you wouldn't expect to see in nature  

on the earth you've got like oranges and lavender  and violet and green and yellow oh yeah all right  

let's keep going let's do it this spot right here  is called cerro el borito and it's a super easy  

climb that you can access from the center of town  there's a very small fee of just a few pesos and  

you get some really great views of the famous hill  of seven colors it's well worth the short climb

we then made our way to the square known  as plaza nuevo de julio to browse the  

local market where you can get all sorts  of textiles pottery and handcrafted goods

so these are little candies with honey and  coca leaf and apparently it's really good  

for the altar too tomorrow we're going to be  at over 4 thousand meters so we'll be cheering

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bye okay people we are the town square  and we found a beauty of a tree over here  

this is called algarrobo in spanish it's a tree  that grows from southern cordova all the way up  

to the north of the country it's a massive beast  over 700 years old so if you have a chance to  

come to this town it's a little bit hidden out  of the regular way just across from the square  

and right next to the church you don't see many  like uh these sizes anymore you know so it's an  

experience i don't know maybe it's because i love  trees and i love anything that has to do with wood  

and nature but you look at the branches and you  just can't believe it nature at its best yeah so  

come and take a look at this if you're down this  way i went shopping in the town square check this  

out just like all the different colors it's going  to keep me warm because we're going to be reaching  

some pretty high altitudes here over 4 000 meters  yeah and it gets windy up there once you start  

going over the passes plus we have patagonia  coming up later and you got one more thing  

one more thing i already showed you my candy my  cocoa honey candy this i think she said is called  

aguado and it has lots of different uses like you  can use it as a tablecloth or as a rug or put it  

on furniture or wear it as a poncho i should get  cold so time to try these candies so they are made  

eucalyptus of course cocoa and also honey too  mm-hmm cocoa less do you think it's cocoa like  

chocolate coca leaf my friends it's so sweet and  sugary i don't really taste anything aside from  

the sugar you don't get the bitterness of the coca  leaf none whatsoever oh good we're going to be  

consuming a lot of these candies over the next  few days i have the feeling i'm having another  

one and now we're just sitting in front of the the  church here in front of the town square the church  

dates back to 1648 it's made out of adobe  no photos allowed inside but we'll show you  

the exterior so you get an idea of what it's like  our visit to purmamarca jujuy argentina was short  

and sweet because we still had a steep mountain  pass to cross we got back in the car and started  

the drive to salinas grandes a massive salt flat  situated between the provinces of huhui and salta

well guys a little update from the back of the car  here we've been climbing up mountains and hills  

now for about 40 minutes 30 or 40 minutes it's  about 60 kilometers from the town we were visiting  

is a place called the salinas grandes basically  the giant salt flats we've been climbing up  

these meandering roads with just amazing views  like just unbelievable views along the way and  

it's very serpentine roads we're taking it easy  we're sucking on our cocoa candy in the back here  

and we're trying to acclimatize  as best we can to the altitude  

on the drive over we came across a herd of  guanacos they're a close relative of the llama  

and they kind of blend in with the landscape  so we were pretty excited to see them

time for another update from the road we have  made it to our maximum altitude today four  

thousand one hundred and seventy meters above sea  level here in altos el morado how are you feeling

let's hope not like that i mean i'm starting  to feel like a pressure on my head and like  

a heaviness so we just stopped here at a lookout  we snapped some photos but there was also a lady  

selling more coca candy because apparently someone  in the back has already almost finished the first  

pack we had to grab a few more packs for the  rest of the day and tomorrow so yeah frankly  

you feel like crap up here yeah let's put it  you know let's take it put it the right way  

and a lot of people feel worse than others yeah  so why because it's so fast you know it's uh  

you'll never know how how you're going to feel  until you experience it yeah and you climb to  

this altitude some people are i don't know they  have a metabolism that is uh it does not affect  

them as much i'm i'm not i'm not worried but some  other ones they it feels like your body turns to  

rubber yeah and your head is very light-headed you  just feel lethargic yeah it's uh it's a very uh  

ugly sensation let's let's say but on the bright  side on the bright side we can already see the  

salt flats we're only 20 minutes away so it wasn't  that long of a journey and we're going down and  

we're going down we are descending again on the  other side of the mountain so things are improving  

this is salinas grandes a vast white desert  of salt that sits at an altitude of 3 450  

meters above sea level it's a cool place to snap  some photos and have fun with optical illusions  

well guys we have made it to salinas grandes the  great salt flats here in jujuy argentina it was a  

bit of an optical illusion almost like a mirage on  approach yeah it looked like water water yeah yeah  

we could see from the far away from the distance  it looked like a lake instead of a salt flat  

so yeah it's nice here and over there there is  a whole bunch of rows of pools where they uh  

i guess that's where they get the salt from you  know the only thing is that you can really feel  

the sun here you know the the sun rays they  hit the salt and they reflect and bounce back  

and it feels like it's really uh  you're cooking cooking here you know  

bronzing getting some color there are steaks on  the barbie you gotta be careful if you come here  

because uh you could end up  roasted the chicken you know yeah

also sorry about the abrupt ending to this  vlog i accidentally filmed the speaking outro  

in slow motion classic and then i thought i  lost my cell phone so we spent a good chunk  

of time retracing our steps looking for it in  the desert of course it made an appearance in  

the door panel we had already searched three  times so yeah it was a bit of a stressful end  

to the day but we'll see you in the next video  where we'll visit the towns of ukiya and uma  

and also a high altitude vineyard so see you soon

bye

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