Los Andes

Day trip to Yavi

Iglesia de Yavi

On our second rest day in La Quiaca we made a daytrip out to Yavi, a small pueblo with a cool church. The caretaker saw our bikes and asked about our trip. When I said we entered Argentina via the Agua Negra pass, she lit up. "Oh yes, I know it. Near San Juan?"

I told her it was, and she said her husband is from San Juan de Jáchal. I told her that SJ de Jáchal is the coolest city in Argentina, which it is.

Cylcing by the "Eight Brothers" mountains

While cycling back we met a chap returning from some pueblito 40 kms in the campo, he cycles the whole way once a week. "Maximo" explained that he works in rural healthcare.

Posted by Scott at April 5, 2005 06:03 PM