Monserrate: views are better with friends

September 17, 2015

So did I mention Taryn decided to come visit Colombia for a week? This was my ridiculously excited face.

What do we do her first day at altitude? (Bogota is at 2640 meters) Go up some more.

Tall places have great views. They are also very tall. Thus they tend to involve sore leg muscles and a lot of sweat.

Both proved true when we went to Monserrate, a church built in 1620 that overlooks all of Bogota.

2 km trail, 463 meters of elevation gain, and one heck of a view.

Lots of people run up to Monserrate as a penitence.  We walked a bit more sedately.

Crosses along the way up the trail

It was kind of a smoggy day so all of Bogota was a bit hazy but it was still amazing.

The church at the top wasn't bad either.

There were a bunch of cute little houses at the top, all whitewashed. Some craft stalls and food places. Also a Via de Cruces which had a cross to represent each part of Jesus' journey. (The same crosses as the Catedral de Sal which I talk about here)

It fogged in and then started raining while we were at the top. And smelled really good.

The rain erased the view, but we got it back on the way down. Then we got rained on harder, and went to find lunch.

Timer shot once we got below the clouds a little

Day successful.