This is Villa de Lleyva, yet another stop at a laid back colonial town on our way to Bogota. Unlike Barichara, Villa de Lleyva was loud. . . . in part thanks to its celebration of the town's patron saint day. This involved a massive party on the town square that involved lots of loud music and drinking untill the wee hours of the morning. Fireworks went off all night long. At one point, a parade of horn blowing cars and trucks road through town.... the folks seemed to go to allot of trouble to out do each others horn blowing. Many cars and trucks were rigged up with fog horns especially for the occassion. This went on for quite a while.... fortunately one of the benefits of colonioal architecture is very thick walls. Lisa and I both had no trouble sleeping. While it didn't rain much, the weather cloudy and noticibly colder almost the entire time we were there. I put on long pants and a jacket for the first time this trip.
Hiking out in the countryside.... as always, beautiful:
Our hostel.... we really liked this place:
This dog befriended us and followed us far up into the mountains. He was with us for several hours before wandering off somewhere.... Í'm generally wary of stray dogs down here, but this one was friendly:
High up in mountains overlooking Villa de Lleyva:
Moving on to Bogota....
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