In this age of online maps and travel guides, its easy to go somewhere with everything figured out. What top sights to go see, how to get there, and what the best route is.
While sometimes it´s nice to know where you are, I'm a still a strong proponent of wandering and getting lost occasionally. Setting out with a vague idea of where you're going (or sometimes no idea) and a map in your pocket to find your way home.
Then you can stumble on things.
Like this.
I turned a corner a short distance from my hostel in Bogota and found spires rising above the cars and shops.
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| Well hello church, did I know you were there? |
If I had looked closely at my map before setting out walking to see what was between me and my destination, it wouldn´t have been too hard to know it was there. But I think it was so much better to be surprised.
I enjoyed it every time I walked past it for the next three days, my little surprise cathedral.
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| Windows all lit up at dusk |
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