My Trip to Colombia...

Botantical Garden - an artist created approximately 100
different hummingbirds and placed them throughout the grounds.

If you follow me on Facebook, Instagram , or Twitter you probably saw at least one photo of my trip to Bogota, Columbia....two months ago. I am finally ready to give a photo recap of my trip! 

Colombia is only 4% black, and apparently the black people are concentrated along the coast, so I didn't see many black women, but I took snaps when I could. In six days I saw so few black women that I can actually recall everyone's hairstyle. Some of the black women I saw had weaves, a few had extensions, one had locs, and one lady had a head full of two-strand twists ( I didn't take a photo because I was staring at her on the bus, and I didn't know that she would take kindly to having her picture taken.) I didn't get a real feel for how Colombians feel about natural hair, but I did find out that Colombian men  like to call out "Morena" when walking in close proximity. 

Looked like a press, but it might have been a relaxer...

I only saw two black women with Afros, and she was one of
them!I caught her in front of the National Museum.

We saw a lot of beautiful architecture....

A local hotel in the historic district of La Candelaria..

National Library 

Cobblestone streets

Near the hotel....

La Candelaria and La Plaza de Bolivar....including the President's residence and armed guards patrolling the building, and the entire militia stationed across the street.

The church was next door to the militia...

This building (and a lot of the historic area) reminded
me of the French Quarter

View of the courtyard

The Military Museum

We ate some local food:

I ate more ice cream in 6 days than I have ever eaten
in my life! I also fell in love with Colombian hot chocolate. 

Fruit carts are everywhere, and for a little more than $1 you can get a delicious snack of mango, pineapple, and papaya. The fruit pictured can come with different toppings. Plain with honey and lime squeezed on top is DELICIOUS.

Fruit with a creamy sauce and is
topped with cheese shavings

Roasted maize with a little salt and a lot of butter. 

We ate some traditional foods: Ajiaco - Chicken soup that includes chicken, two (preferably three) kinds of potatoes, corn, sour cream, capers, avocado and guasca. Guasca is a special herb that grown throughout the Americas and gives the soup its distinct flavor.

Ajiaco is on the left. I forgot the name of this soup that
combined sweet and savory flavors.

We also had a meal similar to this Bandeja Paisa:

Bogota is beautiful:

View from Mount Monserrate

Only 1 walking path, so when the horses and donkeys
are coming up, just move to the side....

A mound of strawberries in the middle of the street

Beautiful sunsets

  

Busy nights....

We also went to the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira (potentially the 8th wonder of the world)...by train! The whole cathedral, and each station of the cross, are all carved out of a gigantic salt mine. It is AMAZING. 

How could I resist the chance to be backlit?
I felt like I was about to give a concert. 

We made it to some museums...

Gold Museum - can you see his outline?

Costume housed in the National Museum

All in all it was a nice trip, but if I make it back to Colombia, I'm going to the coast....

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Write by: Unknown - Wednesday, January 30, 2013