Colombia, a country that has won my heart. I truly enjoyed my time in Colombia and the last stretch was easily one of my favorite parts. We returned to nature after a stretch of Colombian cities. It only took us a million hours on an unpaved road to get there, but well worth it. We went to San Agustin where we rode horses, walked to waterfalls, drank local coffee and found, Chaquira. Chaquira is our dog, and really she found us. She started to follow us in the morning while we were out looking for vegetables. she followed us all day, even when we went on a steep 8 mile hike to a waterfall, she slept at the farm we were staying, and followed us the next day, when it was time to get on the bus we took her with us. From san Agustin we rode in the back of a camioneta (a truck) on a rode nicknames "the trampoline of death" for 5 hours to get to the end of the world, Mocoa. The end of the world refers to a waterfall you will see in pictures to come, but unfortunately as of recent the name seems to hit too close to home. In the time between this blog post and our time in Colombia, Mocoa has unfortunately been faced with floods and landslides killing almost 200 people. I am sorry for Mocoa and the lives lost, and I hope for a quick damage repair. I dedicate these pictures to the good memories it provided.
butterflies!
This is a sculptor carved by the natives, it also is one of the few sculptors with color. This sculptor represents a Shaman and in his hand he is holding a key and a baby head because they used to shape babies heads according to their social class. Like foot binding, a fabric is wrapped around the tender head and tightened to elongate or widen the head.
these trees are some of the sources of the coloring on the scultor. the above tree is the source of the yellow, below is the source of the red. However they still do not know how the color was mixed in a way that has remained on the stone all these years.
This is the Chaquira, a powerful place engulfed in nature with an incredible view. The natives thought this to be a powerful place and this is a carving of the nature God. This is where the natives came to pray. This is very near to where we found our nature loving street dog. Chaquira also apparently means nature in Quichwa! It's perfect.
A room with a view. This is where we stayed with Lucas, a Sweedish guy building his own house on a little slice of heaven.
beautiful, right?
This chicken was eating a mouse!
and this spider was eating a moth
so much water
an awesome bridge
some delicious meals
some fun jumps into the water
Our nature dog!
el fin del mundo
las lajas, a beautiful church at the end of Colombia.
So long Colombia, can't wait to return.
