A beautiful backwater and a tacky tourist attraction

May 26, 2012 by Karen

A beautiful backwater and a tacky tourist attraction

For two nights we headed up into the mountains to Iruya, a gorgeous little village at an altitude of 2780m where we stayed with the Asunta family.

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We spent our last night in Argentina in Humahuaca and visited what we considered to be the most over rated tourist attraction ever. There is a church tower in the main square where Saint Francisco Solano comes out and makes the sign of the cross as the clock strikes 12 pm. It made us laugh but others seemed to be taking it very seriously indeed. Thanks for the recommendation Celi!

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We stayed at Hostal la Soniada in Humahuaca

 

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