I feel much better today. I wasn't able to eat anything yesterday so today has been set aside for refuelling so we can get on the move again tomorrow. We're just not making much progress on this part of the trip. Both Al and I can't wait to get out of Argentina. It's frustrating and I've been ill three days now. It must have been the chicken at the buffet on Monday.

We're also a bit concerned about our multifuel stove. Al thinks there might be a probelm with the pump. We can't afford to have that break, as we'll probably be wild camping along the Ruta 52. It's a climb and only Susques for a place to get food.

The Argentinian couple camped  next to us left today. He played the trunpet, so went up in my estimation immediately. They gave us a demo CD of their band (Cumbia Choriza). The cover has a cartoon of the band members drawn as sausages. We have no means of playing it so we'll send it home.

As part of Operation Feed Me we stopped at a Parilla place and unbeknownst to us had ordered 2 bowls of chips, some bread and a mixed grill for two. Now, it might not be the wisest thing to eat greasy, barbecued food when recovering, but in Argentina, there really isn't very much choice.

This mixed grill would feed about 4 people with ribs, steak, sausages, intestines, kidneys, something weird that we thinks he said were uterus.It was sort of spongey and very peculiar.
All this was far too much for us so she halved it but still we couldn't manage it.

Ever since lunch, Al has been feeling unwell too, now. It's been sat in his stomach, going nowhere. Perhaps it's all that salt and fat in it. We watched the cook pick up salt by the handful and throw it over the food. I hope Al's not falling ill. We need to get out of Salta!

dist 47.24km
ride time 3:38:07
average 12.9kph
max 27.5kph
starting alti 1186
trip alti 102
max alti 1295