Enough for small towns now, we are heading towards Bogota! (Rob is looking forward and I feel horrified the amount of people there will be) I must say that the last two weeks has been the most beautiful ones. So nice atmosphere and friendly people, it has felt so safe.
We stayed in Finca San Pedro in Sogamoso and it was such a peaceful place. Beautiful flowers and fruit trees, rabbits and chickens plus gorgeous peacock, 5 cutest dogs which I couldn't stop cuddling :) There was garden and yoga studio, few different livingrooms, kitchen.. our stay there was one of the best ones. This was actually the first time we got some rain and I had to wear long pants and a jumper. Sogamoso was the coldest place with worst weather what we have had and still we got sunburned! We hiked from Aquitania to Playa Blanca in Lago de Tota, Colombias largest lake and a really high altitude one also 3015m. We passed hundreds of onion, potato and pea fields where people were working. Locals are so nice and friendly in Boyàca region. I think they were surprised to see gringos in the mountain area. You could easily tell which ones were from the mountains, wearing sombrero and ruana (shawl/poncho).
There are hundreds of small villages, pueblos. It is impossible to choose which ones might be the nicest ones. But I must say Mongui has been one of the best one. Surrounded by the mountains, beautiful square and cute houses, stairs leading you to the Paramó, high altitude with different eco-systems. After Mongui we continued our bustrip to Punta Larga, exploring Colombian winery with few tastings. Can't say I am a fan of the Colombian wines but it was a great experience. Later we got stuck in traffic on our way to Villa de Leyva. Colombians started celebrating Easter already yesterday. And definitely haven't seen so many locals taking it easy, playing music or just sitting on the square drinking beer. It is nice to see so many locals instead of other tourists. Villa de Leyva is definitely an escape place for city people.
Today we rented bikes (looked good but were crappy ones) and went for dinosaurs hunting. Few kilometers out of town there were museum with one of the largest Kronosaurs fossils found. Museum hold collection of many other sea dragons and turtles also, it was really interesting. These creatures have been walking here already 130 million years ago!! And how huge they were!? We were suppose to continue till waterfall and stonehedge site but we had to go back cos it felt too dangerous continuing with those bikes. Explored the Saturday market and for dinner we tasted different style empenadas and arepas, enjoyed the atmosphere at the squere with hundreds of locals :)
