Day 37

ROAD TRIP!

This morning we headed out bright and early for Villa de Leyva, a small little tourist town. The drive was spectacular, seriously, once you get out of Bogota, the country is sooo pretty! Such green mountains, cute little houses....

So anyways, our first stop was at a dam which looked more like a lake. ;) Really pretty rest stop! :) When we got to villa de leyva we got settled in to our room for the night. We stayed at some christian camp. Then we went out to an ostrich farm, then just explored villa de leyva.

Something interesting--the nuns that live in this town have made a vow to never be seen. They live inside a church and have a business selling things. How do they sell without being seen? They have this black turning turning thing (kinda like a revolving door) where you can place things in it and then turn it.

.:.The Rest Stop.:.

.:.The Rest Stop - Overlooking The Water.:.

.:.N&R and Auntie by the lake.:.

.:.The Playground at the Rest Stop.:.

.:.Mountains along the drive.:.

.:.We drove through a memorial park that sits on the location of the battle fought by Simon Bolivar in the battle for Independence.:.

.:.A very common sight out of Bogota.:.

.:.See description on picture directly above.:.

.:.Colombia Countryside.:.

.:.More Countryside.:.

.:.Courtyard where we stayed.:.

.:.The view from our lodging.:.

.:.Caretakers boys playing on the swing.:.

.:.First stop of the day: Ostrich Farm.:.

.:.N feeding an ostrich -- which proceeded to peck her hand really hard.:.

.:R feeding the ostrich.:.

.:.J feeding the ostrich.:.

.:.Pretty weird feet...:.

.:.Ostrich.:.

.:.They mentioned that people are working on using ostrich cornea's for human transplants.:.

.:.Ostrich.:.

.:.Ponies.:.

.:.Horses.:.

.:.Water Buffalo.:.

.:.:Llama.:.

.:.It is sleeping.:.

.:.Baby.:.

.:.Goat -- See his tassels?.:.

.:.More goats lol.:.

.:.Moss on the trees.:.

.:.Second stop: Downtown Villa De Leyva.:.

.:.Church Steeple.:.

.:.Villa De Leyva.:.

.:.Some very loud girls in trucks :) .:.

.:.Villa De Leyva city square and the church.:.

.:.NRJ in front of the church and the city square.:.

.:.Inside the church.:.

.:.City square from the church side.:.

.:.For some reason there were a lot of teenagers around.:.

.:.A candle shop in Villa De Leyva.:.

.:.Corner food shop.:.

.:.Obleas - cheese, strawberry jam and some other stuff inside of wafers.:.

.:.The sign indicates that it is a flea market but when we ventured closer it looked more like an abandoned junkyard...:.

.:.Kids playing on the fountain.:.

.:.Sunset over the city square.:.

.:.Auntie's accommodations for the night.:.

.:.NRJ's accommodations for the night.:.

.:.The dining room.:.

.:.Part of the kitchen.:.

.:.N "playing" ping-pong.:.