Souvenir market and cable car ride

After visiting the church, Gina showed us round the souvenir market. She explained which items came from each region in Colombia and which of the 147 indigenous peoples had made them. It was a delight to find so many handcrafted, traditional items, rather than the usual tat imported from China!

We then descended the mountain using the cable car. I wasn't lucky enough to get a position at the front this time, so the video isn't so good.

At the bottom, we stopped to try bocadillo con queso, a slice of white cheese with a slice of guava paste. This cheap snack is sold from stalls all over Bogota. The combination of salty cheese and sweet guava paste is one of those heavenly combinations that you didn't know was missing from your life!Leer más