Monday, June 6, 2011

Tanya & Bevan in Cafayate & Salta

[email & pix from Tanya & Bevan's recent visit to La Estancia]

donkeys @ the gate

We were caught for an extra night in Cafayate because both gas stations were out of nafta! Although the delivery truck was expected at 4pm on Sunday, it did not arrive until around 8am on Monday morning. We were happy that we didn't have a flight to catch and were not too upset seeing that there are much worse places to be stuck! We now will always leave Salta with a full tank and fill up when we arrive in Cafayate.

Heath Club desserts

The food at the clubhouse continues to improve. We had an amazing lunch there with some beautiful desserts! Bevan and I also had the opportunity to meet some wonderful people this trip - both people living in the town, owners, and some potential owners.

In Salta, we went mattress shopping and found things very expensive. The Simmons Beautyrest are around 10-16,000P and the Argentine brand, Cardeuse, were around 10K Pesos for their higher end mattresses with a pillow top. If you aren't able to tolerate really firm mattresses, I would suggest going with the top of the line Cardeuse or the Simmons.