It had taken a couple of days but I felt we were just about ready to give a fair evaluation of our 1.6cc Renault Logan with its hand me down Garmin /GPS unit.
I couldn't really complain too much about the latter I guess as the unit did seem like it was doing its best to get us there quickly - admittedly telling me I could go 110kms an hour through signposted 40km hr zones and routing me right through the middle of a market may not have gone down too well with the locals !
As for the car it did have one redeeming feature it let me know pretty well when it was getting close to "break up" speed and todays bone shaking 150kms had plenty of moments when that was just about to happen
We left lovely Cachi doing a couple of laps thx to our GPS and after sussing out how to use the local servo we set off on a route described on line as one of the bumpiest and most scenic road routes in Argentina!
We definitely agreed with the first statement as I could barely do over 40kms an hr for the first 50 or so kms without feeling like I was coming down with Parkinsons !
The winding road constantly climbed over and around the nearby hills on rutted narrow dirt filled roads with a number of incredibly blind corners to keep you interested !
After 50kms the scenery really began to pick up with jagged eroded hills dominating the landscape as well as some beautiful colours - the blood red soil and the irrigated (green) wine producing valleys providing great contrast !
The only problem for the entire journey other than worrying if the Renault could safely exceed 40 was that there were bugger all places to pull over and enjoy some of this amazing scenery !
Finally after being on the go for over 5 hours we found our way into Cafayate (well we did after we picked our GPS unit off the floor after it was shaken off the screen) and our Motel located just yards from the City centre which looks like its in party mode for the Easter weekend !
Just a short drive tomorrow as we head back through Salta to our base for the next 4 nights .. just a paltry 350 odd Kms away !
Happy Easter to all !
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