Every trip in Argentina needs a good supply of yerba mate and lots of meat. Here I am shopping for yerba mate in the supermarket. What a great selection!

We got to escape from the heat and humidity of Tucuman and headed for the mountains with Chilo, Judith, and Paula. We first went south through citrus and sugar cane in the lowlands. We then climbed up out of the lowlands and into the mountains through the subtropical Yungas forest.

Here is my friend Paula with her papi Chilo.

Papi and I had a great time swimming in the river in the Yungas. I think that Papi wanted to be naked, too.

We then made it up to Tafi de Valle, which has a cool climate and is above treeline. There are no conifer trees in South America, and so the treeline is much lower.


We stayed in Judith´s parents house. It was rustic and had a great view of the whole valley.

Paula really liked my baby Lulu.

I preferred to take care of my mono.

We saw a lot of horses on the trip. Here we are pretending to ride a horse.

We played in the rivers way up near the top of the mountains. The rocks were all granite and reminded papi of rocks in the Sierra Nevada of California.

Here is Paula with her mami Judith

Like the adults, we drank a lot of yerba mate and coffee.

It was so much fun. I could not stop myself from dancing with joy!