http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Villa-de-Leyva/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Colombia , Villa de Leyva en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:47:39 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:47:39 UTC I have so many photos from the Villa de Leyva region I decided to create two separate entries. We visited an Ostrich Farm and this small fossil musem ingeniously named El Fossil and Estacion Astronomica Muisca. First the Ostrich farm.....Nothing terribly noteworthy to write about but an interesting couple of hours. No we didn't dine on the creatures apparently they only serve ostrich dinner http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Colombia/Villa-de-Leyva/blog-338016.html If Villa de Leyva doesn't enchant and enrapture you then quite possibly you've been at your desk too long. This little pueblo is irresistible. We helped ourselves to mouthwatering comedia infatuating cobbled calles and stumbled across deliciously bizarre sights. Staying only 4 nights left me wanting more rumor has it that some the drummer who played with Elivis Presley lives in the area and owns http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Colombia/Villa-de-Leyva/blog-336621.html Leaving Bogota we were up reasonably early and squeezed ourselves onto a micro to the bus terminal. Once again we got straight onto a bus about to depart to Tunja and since no one else had taken them we took the 2 seats up front with the driver which was quite exciting but also somewhat scary to have such a good view of Colombian driving. After 4 hours we were dumped off outside the bus terminal http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Colombia/Villa-de-Leyva/blog-315436.html HolaQue pasoooooooo Hoe is het met iedereen Maastricht is bezig met de INKOM introductieweek dus ik weet dat jullie in de greppel liggen Familie en vrienden weer terug van vakantie en aan het bijkomen Ik denk zelfs dat de meesten al weer aan het werkde studie zijn Geen idee wat het weer bij jullie is maar ik hoop dat jullie veel zon hebben.. dat de Hattemers naar het Heerderstrand gaa http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Colombia/Villa-de-Leyva/blog-314058.html Weve now been away from home for nearly 8 months. In that time I estimate that I have lost over 75 of my worldly belongings the recent dearth of photographs of me is due to the fact that I am reluctant to be seen in a sack cloth packed my bag over 700 times taken over 412 international flights and consumed more omelettes than Robinson Crusoe on Chicken Island the little known sequel.In a http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Colombia/Villa-de-Leyva/blog-285190.html This was originally going to be a blog about Bogota the Colombian capital however I only slept there for two nights and I spent no time there during the day. My time was spent in Villa de Leyva instead and hence it is the subject of this blog. The reason for my change of destination was that some of the people I met in Salento were heading to Villa de Leyva and so I thought I would do the same. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Colombia/Villa-de-Leyva/blog-261054.html We took a minibus from Bogota. He was an hour late then drove like a mad bugger north to Villa de Leyva. It took a while to get out of town. All the streets have been numbered. Carreras avenues and Calles streets. We were staying around Calle 13. We saw signs for Calle 100 and more before we started to hit countryside. It was very pretty with lots of farmland cows and crops. We stopped at th http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Colombia/Villa-de-Leyva/blog-181233.html We initially had some excitement planned for our next day in Colombia visiting a bulletproof vest factory and testing one out. Yes thats right the brave amongst us could try on a vest and be shot at. Unfortunately they were going to charge too much for the ruined vests so we didnt do it in the end. So we drove four hours north of Bogota to the beautiful village of Villa De Leyva. Founded http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Colombia/Villa-de-Leyva/blog-171621.html After a extremly long sleep in and late breakfast Sonia me Jamie Andrea Andreas boyfriend and a carload of others set off for Villa de Leyva for the weekend. Sonias family set off earlier and we would meet them there later in the afternoon. We arrived a tad late but stopped by a local hippodrome and besides my persistant requests to sonia asking if i could put some money on the races she tol http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Colombia/Villa-de-Leyva/blog-141026.html