South Malargue to Ruta 40 & 143 Day 49 Jan 28 14

 

Not very stealth looking in the morning…the road is just beyond the green above the tent…LOl….about 40 more k of gravel and some pretty country.    to the left the drop is over 100 feet…no guard rails……happy I stopped last night. Las Salinas…..salt lake in the distance…looked like it was being harvested. Bus stop in the middle of no where……. This part of the highway is down hill though it doesn’t appear to be in the pics and winds down through the rocks

1. Tonight I am in a hotel somewhere on 143…..I think it is the same name as the hotel…..will clarify that when I get internet……less than 200k south of Mendoza.   note the grapes in the vines….today I drove through citrus & vino orchards…..may relax in this village another day….the room which is very comfortable is only 120 pesos……as I got Black Market pesos 10 for 1 US dollar that’s $12.00 bucks……  This place was hidden in a small village and a gentleman and his little son on a Honda 50 cc led me to it….again our conversation was hand gestures and our native tongue………