We finally left the coast for cooler temperatures up in the mountains.... way up high in the Andes. The picture above allmost looks like it could have been taken from an airplane, but it was out of the window of a bus we were on. The mountains in this part of the world are huge. The scenery in this part of the country is amazing. Our first stop in the mountains was Barichara.... one of the mellowist places I've ever been in my life. Barichara is a picture perfect colonial mountain village. Not very much ever really happens here. It is incredibly quiet.... a good place for sleeping. Everywhere we went in the village, freindly locals inquired as to where we were from an then reccomended various hikes. They all seemed quite proud of their little town. More than one local informed us that Barichara was the best place in all of Colombia.... "When tourists come here, nothing ever happens to them, thanks to God." I thought that was funny.
Barichara is built on the side of a hill. At the top is a nice little park with a look out....
The view down every street in town looked pretty much like this:
Celebrating Barichara's patron saint
During our second day in Barichara Lisa and I hiked a portion of El Camino Real, an ancient stone paved road that was originally built by indegenous people long before the arrival of the Spanish. It has been rebuilt several times since.... the hike was awesome.... amazing countryside!
After a few hours, the trail deposited us right into Guane, a little village of less than one thousand people. Guane was even sleepier than Barichara
Off to Villa de Lleyva....
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