Hiking Quebrada La Vieja Dec 28th

The day after we celebrated Christmas (late since we were waiting for Leo to be home) we went and hiked the Quebrada La Viejo.  It's a hike above Chapinero and connects from some pretty parks there to the trail going up the mountain.  

You actually have to register to do the hike in advance because it's on private property and there's guards along the trail to keep people safe and also from doing stupid stuff.  And yeah, trails in Colombia aren't really the smoothest, as you can see. 

This was a really slippery section of the trail.  

All the mist from the rain was really lovely.

Efraim kept wanting me to take photos of every mushroom he found.  There are A TON of mushrooms.

He also wanted photos of the pretty colored leaves.

This was part of an old colonial gate that you can see below too.  It had a sign but I forgot the details. 

All these pine forests are not native.  They were brought in during the colonial period to have building material. 

The eucalyptus isn't native either.  But is smells HEAVENLY.  Leo always says the smell of eucalyptus takes him back to his childhood.  They're planted all over Cundinamarca.

The hike ended here.  And without the rain and mist we've would have been able to see over Chapinero and Bogotá, but that's okay.  I thought the mist was lovely.

The first/last part of the hike you go under a bridge to get to the parks in Chapinero.  The kids loved it.

They also loved riding home on the Transmilenio.  Silly kids.