65: time to hit the road

Iruya is a mountain town, we spent a night there. A big part of the adventure is the bus ride there. In the first several minutes, you’re joined by school kids and people returning feom shopping in Humahuaca:

Then you turn onto Ripio and go up over the mountain:

Our hotel, hostal nahiara:

Took a hike up to mirador de Condor. Extremely steep, and we ar at 9100 ft at the bottom, 10,400 at the top:

Made it; around town next day:

Breakfast of fried tortillas & something else i don’t remember:

More around town:

And on to the bus for the 3-hour trek back over the mountain to Humahuaca, with the sour bus driver who yelled at me: