Locombia

San Augustin was a very quaint town among rolling green hills. We stayed in the most luxurious accomodation yet at Hacienda Anacerina ($25/night) . Our room was huge and had the most comfortable bed yet with a great shower and a fantastic balcony with 2 hammocks, table and chairs. The room looked out onto 2 inactive volcanoes and hills of banana trees, coffee farms and cows. Bliss. We also got great food there so all in all we ended up saving a bit of money.

We met an english speaking local called Carlos who gave us a good price for our Horse riding tour to various statues and tombs around San Augustin (no more statues!!). He told us that his hobby is to go to farms and dig for tombs so he can sell the ceramics he finds to collectors...hmmm...

The horses were lovely and we tried every single fruit and vegetable Carlos found on the way. Coffee beans were probably my fave (really sweet). We managed to get the horses up to a pretty fast pace at the end and Glen really enjoyed it. Such a natural.

Carlos then offered us his "special tour" for a cheap price so off we went at 4 in the arvo with 2 other Aussie girls to a farmers house to watch the making of Cocaine. The house was clean and humble and the owner said he'd previously worked in an industrial sized cocaine factory in the Amazon for 25 years. We took a heap of photos and the chemicals that go into it are heavy duty. It should be videoed and used to educate kids about drugs! It was definitley one of the highlights of the trip. Not something you get to do everyday!

We then headed off to Bogota and it was such a contrast. Busy, polluted, noisy. Alot of beggars and drunkards whilst down the road there were the richest people, houses, cars and shops I'd ever seen. A few streets I walked down I turned back as I got that pelligroso (danger) feeling in the pit of my stomach. We've now hightailed it to Villa Leiva 3 hours north of Bogota which is a picture perfect cobble stoned village. Ciao amigos.