I decided to take a break after the last entry and check out the museo de oro down the street, which is supposedly the largest collection of pre-spanish gold artifacts in Colombia with 50,000+ pieces. I have no idea how this stacks up against other world museums, but I know I was impressed. Of the pieces there, almost all were completely gold. There was of course the occasional ornamental pot, stone stature, or preserved dead guy, but I don't think I have ever seen that much gold in one place before (excluding the solid gold budda in thailand). To be fair though, I haven't visited that many exclusively gold museums before. The best part for me though was on the top floor of the museum, where there was a massive map of Columbia! I mean sure,
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