HIgh up!

I suffered from altitude sickness for the first few days in Humahuaca – the town is 3000 metres above sea level – and felt nauseous and headachy. I passed the time examining the array of woolly goods, stroking the furry llama socks, comparing hat shapes, getting an idea of prices. I wondered if the stuff had come from Bolivia but was assured it came from the Puna, the Argentine highlands – it seemed so similar. I noticed that none of the locals wore llama products – they kept warm at night and in the early mornings with polartec gloves, garish fleece jackets and lined anoraks.