There is way too many photos in this post, but I think driving through Santander and Boyacá was one of the highlights of my whole time in Colombia. I love being out in the countryside and Colombia is STUNNINGLY beautiful. The Andes are just nothing like what I've seen in the US or Canada. Just the layers upon layers of mountain peaks with all the crazy green vegetation. I love the Rockies, but I adore the Andes too.
So yeah, just photos I snapped while driving.
That's a cemetery. They're more fun than the ones in the States.
A sugar cane mill--trapiche. I learned that word going through Colombian notarial records. The more you know. Still saw donkeys bringing sugar cane to them and most were entirely without (or much) modern equipment. They stink too. Yuck.
Waterfalls are hard to catch from a moving car, but they're everywhere.
Nice little hotel. Maybe?
So the ecosystem changes with elevation. Here we were fairly low elevation, and it was JUNGLE! Like literally, I thought the road was being eaten by it.
But just a few kilometers before it was like this.
Little town we passed through twice.
I love how the horse is parked with the bikes and motorcycles.
So gorgeous!!
I never wanted this sunset to end.
This is the same area the next day, but it was raining.
So Colombian.
I liked this church.
Sharing the road with cows.
Ick.
So the road we had planned on going on was closed due to mudslides from all the rain. But even the road we were on was a little sketch.
The horse was Paso Fino and doing its fancy walk. I think it's so Colombian to breed a horse to strut like that. 😂
Santander may be the prettiest part of Colombia. (Okay, I haven't been to the cafetero region which everyone says is the prettiest, but anyway, Cundinamarca still is my favorite despite everything.)
Wayside shrines are EVERYWHERE.
And stray dogs are everywhere as well.
I honestly believe that nothing acquaints you with a region like a roadtrip. I love driving new roads. 💙💛❤️
