Cycled a great little country road today, in between two larger cities.

It was hectic leaving Jujuy as I followed a major road out of the city and crossed the freeway. However, within 10 kilometers I was up a short hill and the road kept getting more rural. I passed the small airstrip in photo above.

The town of El Carmen was at 32km and had this conquistador as statue entering town.

Not long thereafter, I passed this bicycle rental place.

It was next to 3 kilometers of bike path that I followed.

It ended at the municipal campground.

The campground was next to one of two lakes.

At 40 kilometers the road split and I followed this small road. Trucks and buses were prohibited and the entire road was signed as 4m (13ft) wide for both lanes. Even small cars had some difficulties fitting into the lanes and in multiple places a sign would indicate cars to go one at a time. The road wound its way back and forth as well as slowly climbed 300m/1000ft.

It was a great quiet little country road.

By 65 kilometer mark I had passed the high point, and came past a second lake. The road widened a bit here and traffic also increased.

The bottom outlet of the lake had a rather bit blast of water coming from below the dam. While it was mostly downhill, there were a few other hills to climb here.

The last 15 kilometers, I came to a larger highway and then into small city streets again as I came into the large city of Salta. I found a hotel about a block from the main square and did a quick walk around some of the shops. Overall a nice place and I plan to take at least tomorrow here as a rest day. Nice to make it to this larger city.