so now that we have finished visiting the ruins  we've come to the high altitude botanical garden  

i felt like i had heat stroke more or less  i've just been kind of in a daze you know  

well good morning everyone welcome to another day  here in tilcara jujuy argentina today we're actually exploring the  

town so we decided to hit the main attraction  first we're at the which means the fortress  

in quechua in quechua yeah pucará (of tilcara argentina) is  very nice i'm surprised how straight  

these walls are they're just uh you know this  uh kind of walls sometimes we call them pirkas  

in spanish which means it's a construction of  a wall made out of rocks but without any mortar  

and it's amazing how they were able to keep a  straight line and straight faces of the rocks

one interesting fact about delgada is that  it's one of the oldest continuously inhabited  

settlements in argentina with traces of human  presence dating back more than 10 000 years this  

particular place we were visiting is pukara which  is an archaeological site in the outskirts of town of tilcara jujuy argentina 

the numerous constructions you see here were built  by the omagwaka who were a pre-inca tribe that  

settled the area around the 12th century at its  peak the pukada would have covered 15 acres and  

housed around 2 000 inhabitants however by the  late 15th century the tribes in the area were  

conquered by the incas whose domination of the  area only lasted for about half a century ending  

with the arrival of the spaniards who founded  the modern town of tilcara jujuy so we are standing  

inside one of the constructions yeah and we  recognize these building materials don't we  

the cactus the cardones and also  the the cane on the the ceiling  

that we've been seeing everywhere to keep it  cool yeah this is the uh the way they used to  

uh support the the roof structure this one  when they dry you know the cardona and the  

cactus the ones that you see standing out there  they become like really really hard petrified  

like a really solid you know even  though when they're standing is uh  

mushy and watery once they dry they solidify  and it's impressive how cool it is in here  

outside is really hot but in here there is a  coolness that you you feel like almost these  

guys they had a air conditioning here you  know natural air conditioning yeah yeah it's

amazing

do

well guys we've been walking around pucará de tilcara jujuy argentina for a  while now and they also gave us a little brochure  

with information when we first came in so i  thought i'd tell you a few facts so you can learn  

a little bit about this town first up this is  one of the numerous pre-hispanic towns that you  

can find in the area known as quebrada maguaca  and this particular one sits on a hill that is  

70 meters high so it has great views of the  surrounding valley you would have been able to  

see if any attacks were coming i mean an amazing  location the views here the mountains the colors  

you can see it's just incredible so it's been  a really cool place to visit we're just walking  

around there are monuments and lookouts so very  much worthwhile if you're planning to be in tirica

so now that we have finished visiting the ruins  we've come to the high altitude botanical garden  

yeah it looks like it's mostly just a cactus cacti  lots of cacti different varieties of cacti yeah oh  

there may be some flowers over there okay  maybe i'm okay i i judged too quickly  

so yeah we're just gonna explore i'll  check it out my dad has made a new friend  

hello puppers we've met hello we found a really  smart pup look he gives paws yeah let's do pause

oh

what a nice guy let's see

so we have now driven over to the neighboring  town of maimara where the most famous natural  

attraction here is the painters pallet so  we have the mountain right in front of us  

and again beautiful shades can you count them all  no there is no way you can count all of these we  

need a painter here pastel they are mostly pastel  colors there's a nice coral like an orangey salmon  

and some yellows and greens but it's a beautiful  formation yeah these rock formations they just  

go like you can see them like right across the  mountain like a rainbow it's a rainbow mountain  

yeah yeah it's beautiful you know here you see a  little bit of vegetation because the river runs  

through here so but it's dry this time of year  there's no water and i was reading that this town  

maimara it's mainly an agricultural town and they  help feed a lot of the communities here in the  

quebrada maja region mostly like fruits  and vegetables that they grow along here  

it's not really a touristy destination like it's  not listed in the guidebooks or anything like that  

but it's a nine-minute drive from tilcada it's  just around the corner yeah to just drive pull  

in and it's yeah it's worth coming because this  is just uh you know what's nice about it is not  

far away in the distance it's 300 meters from  you and you have it right right there all all  

to yourself it's worth the drive and anyone who's  into climbing may be worth the climb i do see a  

little trails like up there i hear a dirt a guy on  a dirt bike yeah he may have just gone back just  

off the side of the highway you'll find miradore  monolith which is a cool lookout point that offers  

views over the whole town of maymara and also the  painter's palette it's worth a stop if you've got  

a rental car and are a bit more in control of  your schedule the views are pretty spectacular  

after that stop we drove back to  the town of the tilcara argentina to escape  

the hottest time of day and also get a bit of rest

well you had an eventful afternoon tell us  yes and no well we've mostly been chilling  

out here this afternoon truth be told i  mean though it's just it's impossibly hot  

afternoon and so you don't really want to be  outside don't mind the noise in the background  

over there construction there's some construction  going on i'll just raise my voice a bit  

but you were the only one who was willing to walk  over to the museum the rest of us were like okay  

i wanted to kind of film the town center a bit  and there's an archaeological museum that you  

actually get as part of your entrance  fee to the site we visited this morning  

so it's just a tiny little museum it has some  interesting artifacts inside some pottery things  

like that it's very very small there's really  just kind of two two main halls and i covered  

that in just a few minutes and then i walked  over to the church walked around the square did  

a little errand picking up some snacks for you and  by the time i got back here i felt like i had heat  

stroke more or less i've just been kind of in  a daze you know i haven't i haven't really been  

sleeping i haven't really been working haven't  really been doing much just kind of chilling  

out but now the temperature's dropped a bit and  it's dinner time i am hungry and i can't wait  

to go back to basically our favorite restaurant  and it says yeah we are now going to take you to  

our favorite restaurant here in tilcara jujuy argentina it is  called el nuevo progreso and we have been here  

three times every single day basically except  for the one day and it was closed let's go in

my arm is shaking i hope you're not capturing  that is it so heavy all right guys so the food  

has arrived and we are going to start with  the appetizer we got a purple corn tamale  

just have to untie this it comes like wrapped  in the corn husk so it's a little bit of work  

there we go did you know that there's purple  corn in the world i first discovered it in peru  

so i've just opened the tamale and it is stuffed  with charchi which is a salted dehydrated beef

this is so good love it well you've ordered a  dish with local ingredients this is the llama 

or llama as i say in argentina and it's basically  it's been served in the form of llama steaks we've got  

three over here it's got a nice beautiful garnish  of tomatoes and a different kind of salsa and then  

over here roasted potatoes that's what we're  trying to do little endian potatoes they're  

very good onion potatoes are the best okay let's  try this meat (llama) and you've tried llama once before  

yeah i kind of forget what it tastes like to be  honest i remember enjoying it it was in couscou  

that is so good it's really tender i thought it  would be a bit more gamey and a bit stronger in  

taste but it's just it doesn't taste  that much different from like like  

any other kind of steak you'd have  to be honest it's just it's that good  

and that is all for today's episode we'll  see you in the next video where we begin  

the two-day journey back to salta then  buenos aires argentina and onwards to a new country  

see you