A splash of wine hits the dust beneath the table, offered first to Pachamama - aka Mother Earth, and suddenly northern Argentina feels more family member than nameless destination. Follow Phoebe's Wander Woman correspondent Daniel Neilson as he journeys to Jujuy and Salta following ancient Andean trade routes, reading a 4,000-year timeline etched into rock, and asking one deceptively simple question: how did life and culture move across mountains that seem designed to keep people apart? The answer, it seems, is llama-shaped.
Also coming up:
Author Michael Pugh - on Riding through War and Peace on a horse from Russia to Transylvania
Travel Hack: How to (and how not to) travel with a teenager
Whales, sloths and cabybaras... Latin America's best 10 wildlife encounters
Meet Katie Carr, the woman who not only finished her late brother's book but went on to honour his memory by completing his kayaking adventure
Gear chat: what to pack to travel by horseback
Juana Manual Gorriti – the greatest Argentine author you've never heard of – is our Wander Woman of the Month.
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