The Freedom of Solo Travel
"I did a solo trip through northern Argentina's quiet Jujuy province, with stops in the wine capital Salta and tiny towns like Purmamarca. It felt safe, plus the helpfulness of people in small towns meant a request for directions was usually met with someone personally walking me wherever I needed to go (as they waved to everyone we passed). Being far outside a big city, totally alone, also made for an introspective trip—I could spend two hours sitting on the Plaza 9 de Julio in Salta, a glass of regional Torrontés in one hand and my oft-neglected notebook in the other, or walking the dusty few blocks that made up the town of Tilcara, to ultimately settle beside the Pucará de Tilcara ruins with a book and nobody to entertain but myself."
