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Popayán is sold as the white city and again as one of the most beautiful cities in Colombian (I gave up counting how many most beautiful cities they have here). To cut a long story short I didn’t like it that much. It has a lot of old buildings which are mainly white and the usual thousand churches but I’ve seen better in Columbia. Spent only one day here so there is not much more to say about it.
One nice thing about stopping over in Popayán was that I could go to the Tuesday market in Silvia which lays 1 1/2 hours away from Popayán. The Tuesday market is famous because the Guambiano Indians which live in the proximity come to town on that day. These Indians are considered one of the most traditional groups in Colombia. They still speak their own language, dress traditionally and still use old techniques to farm their land. On Tuesday they come to town to sell their vegetables, fruits and handicrafts. Quite a colourful gathering and I like markets anyway so I was happy. Unfortunately they don’t like to be photographed so I had to take a few sneaky shots.
The last stop in Colombia was the Santuario de las lajas (a church). This church is slightly different to all the other churches in Colombia as it is build on a bridge spanning a deep gorge. The church is build right up to the rock and the rock face is part of the main altar. Many pilgrims come to this church during the year as many miracles happened here. Well nothing unusual happened to me.
That’s all for Colombia. Tomorrow I will leave towards Ecuador. Didn’t know what to expect from Colombia in the beginning but those expectations where more than met 😉 No seriously if you are planning a trip to South America put Colombia on the top of your list. Its great, has friendly people, lots to see and do, next to no tourists and feels safer than most other countries I visited so far.
PS: Thanks to all the people who write comments to the blogs. Unfortunately there is no way for me to reply apart from writing an email. Sorry guys can’t do this all the time as I’m sitting in the internet café too long anyway to write these blogs. Hope you understand. Keep on writing anyway I’m always glad to get feedback 😊
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