On Saturday we arrived in Colombia after a six hour bus journey to Sao Paulo and then a six hour flight to Bogota. After a night out on the town with some fellow travellers at our hostel we spent yesterday walking around the city, mainly taking in the historic quarter of El Candelaria.
After attempting entry into the city's renowned gold museum ( it was closed due to political meetings) we found ourselves wondering into some magnificent churches, each with its own stunning interior during Sunday mass. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take any photos :(
We did however stumble on a vintage car rally in a downtown car park which was cool before we headed up Monserrate, the mountain that overlooks the city and is home to A small church which has a shrine devoted to the 'fallen lord'. We went up by cable car which was packed to the rafters with Sunday being a day of pilgrimage to locals ( as well as half price for tourists).
Despite all this cultural intake, the highlight of the day, was when Mike - suffering from the high altitudes found this:
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