Colómbia (Part 9) That’s All Folks!

Sorry, it’s another long post, but it’s the last…

After the Salt Mine, Amy and I went with Carlos’ Dad and his brother, Willy to Monserrate.  It’s a big cathedral overlooking Bogota.  There are also several other buildings up there including restaurants and vendors.  I love it up there.  Amy said that was where she wanted to build her house.  We went up close to sundown so that we could watch the sunset and the lights of the city as they came on. 

Carlos stayed back with the boys so we could go up and really enjoy it.  Thanks honey!  I really enjoyed it. 

This is a building down in the city but it’s neat.  You can kind-of see Monserrate in the upper left corner.

 

There are three ways up: tram, a train that goes up a really steep track or on foot.  I think that the foot trail has been closed.  We took the tram because the train was closed for the day.  The train pictured below is a really old one that is no longer in use-don’t worry!

     

Just as we were getting to the top, it started raining over downtown Bogota.

This Christus is on the top of another mountain.  I guess that not a lot of people visit there although I’m not sure why.

Up top:

 

       

The population of Bogota is between 9 and 10 million so what you see in the picture is only a fraction of the city.  Maybe someday I’ll “stitch” some pictures together for a panorama.

This is the other side of the mountain and the view Amy would like to have from her house:

This is the house she would like (it’s one of the restaurants): 

        

Back at the bottom!

When we got back, Carlos, Amy, Carlos’ mom, Jaiden and I went to Crepes and Waffles, an awesome restaurant that we have to go to every time we’re there.  Jaiden fell asleep after taking only a few bites but we had a delicious meal of crepes and waffles!

Then it was home to finish packing, up early the next morning and off the airport (oh, the craziness of the airport) to say….. goodbye….. 

Hopefully it won’t be too long before we see you again!