Can you believe it? In the middle of the desert, it was hailing! That’s when we decided to run into a nearby gas station. Abby used her Spanish skills to the best of her ability, in order to ask the gas station attendant if he knew of anyone with a car who we could pay to drive us to the next town. The gas station attendant said that he had a truck, and he could drive us to the next town—a three-hour trip, which would cost us about $150 USD—when he got off work.
Around 6:30 P.M., the friendly gas station attendant dropped us off in the small town of Purmamarca. After dinner, we went to the bus station. Shortly thereafter, we learned that there were no buses traveling directly from Purmamarca to Salta. Instead, we had to take a 10:00 P.M. bus to a city called Jujuy. It was only an hour-and-a-half ride, but at this point, we were really tired from our journey and not very happy to be getting on another bus.
We arrived at the bus terminal in Jujuy around 11:30 P.M., where we waited until 1:30 A.M. for the final bus to Salta. After yet another two-and-a-half-hour bus ride, we finally arrived in Salta around 4:00 A.M. From the Salta bus terminal, we took a quick taxi ride to our Airbnb, where we were finally able to relax! All said and done, we traveled 306 miles by plane, 270 miles by car, 425 miles by bus and about five miles by foot in between.
We estimate we have traveled a total of 4,120 miles.
