Day 1 Bogota
Had a lazy start to the day and then headed out in search of places of interest. We are situated in the old part of the city where the streets are narrow and traffic is only one way. The area is reminiscent of other places I’ve been to in South America. We wandered around and popped into a couple of churches before making our way to the gold museum. They had an amazing number of artefacts.
In the evening we met up with the rest of the group. There are 16 in the group. Valda and I are the only aussies, there are 6 girls from Switzerland and the others are from UK, US, Germany and Norway.
Day 2 Bogota to Villa de Leyva
It was an early start so that we could visit the local fruit and flower markets. Found out that Colombia is the second largest flower exporter after the Netherlands. It was busy with people buying up for NYE. It appears that it is traditional to buy 12 grapes and eat one at a time at midnight, making a wish with each one!
We then drove on to Zipaquira Salt Cathedral, a couple of hours from Bogota. It was a very interesting place and the chambers were massive. They still mine the salt and these chambers are deep enough to stand the Eiffel tower in. From there we travelled to our lunch stop. The choices were very interesting and I couldn’t quite stomach the stuffed hen’s throat including ‘comb’ but the lamb was delicious!
Another few hours bought us to our destination, a lovely little town with cobbled streets – a pain to drag your bag along! Our hotel was lovely and right on the square where the fireworks were set up. As per usual we were unable to keep our eyes open but the fireworks woke us and they went on for 40 minutes!
Day 3 Villa d Leyva to Armenia
Late start today but a very long drive back to the airport at Bogota for a late flight to next spot. The countryside is lovely with green hills, arable farms and little houses. The Colombian people are very friendly and one stall holder indicated that I should not have my camera around my neck.
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