Piedra del Colgada

When Leo got home from work, we spent a day going to Piedra del Colgada, where I had read there was a hike and this cool overhanging rock.  It was fun driving through the countryside, it's really such a beautiful country.  And above photo just seems so quintessential Colombian with the ruanas and hats.  At least Colombianos from Boyacá or Cundinamarca. 

It was a GORGEOUS day. 

We had hired Jefferson to drive us there and Alex came too, but then he didn't want to drive on anymore dirt roads and parked about a mile away from the place.  I actually was grateful afterwards because the "hike" along the cliff was short and so by hiking to and from the car, we actually felt like we went on a hike.  And it was so nice a day and I just loved soaking in everything.

The kids were all in a good mood too. Miracle!

Funky plant I like.

Potato fields.  

The beer bottle decor really added to the aesthetic.

I did like this tire parrot though.

And this tire chairs were pretty ingenious. 

I love how you can see the old construction technique in this decrepit building.  Everything in Colombia now is mostly made of concrete blocks.

If you really *look* at this cliff you can see a ladder and a bicycle.  

The photos I had seen online had no harness or anything.  But by the time we went, they made you wear a harness and be cabled into a bolt.

And yes here comes every one of us on the rock in the same pose.  Redundancy you are my muse.

I loved the view!

Plants on plants on plants.

I kind of wondered if the cows ever got too close to the edge of the cliff.

I LOVE this photo!

The weird pill plant.

This plant was cute.

And another weird flower.

More potato fields.  It's kind of wild, because the weather is always consistent for the most part, you had fields at all stages of growth.  Some just tilled, some with new plants starting like above, and some full grown, and some being harvested.  

And dairy farms.  There were SOO many dairy farms.  We saw the old metal milk cans on the side of the road waiting to be picked up and a guy riding a motorcycle carrying four metal milk cans-one in each hand--and two strapped on the back.  I wish I had taken a photo. 

Okay, I know there's 80 billion photos in this post.  But it's just so lovely.  It was a fun day too. 

And a group of people picking peas by hand.  That's a lot of work.  And a lot of peas. Made my back hurt watching them.  Once we had made it back to the car (accompanied by a random dog along the way) we had sandwiches and apples and then drove to Zipaquira.