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31 July 2022
For breakfast, I had opted for the Tamal filled with meat, chicken and chickpeas. It was nice, like a Chinese bakchang but with a corn mash instead of glutinous rice. The Santander-style arepa was very dry unlike the greasier version back at Villa de Leyva. Seated by the gardens with chirping birds, including some bright […]
30 July 2022
Moving to Barichara As public transport from Villa de Leyva to Barichara involved two changes, totalling maybe 7h, we booked a car and driver that would take us. With a pick-up time of 0930, we managed to get a walkaround of the traditional markets before departing. Text continues after this gallery. The route […]
29 July 2022
Today was a day of relaxation in my case, and for Kim it was for recovery and recuperation. Even though I wasn’t unwell in Bogota, I feel discernably better. It could be knowing that Kim was better. Or maybe I was slightly affected by the higher altitude. We took walks around the old town. For […]
28 July 2022
Leaving Bogota After a highly interrupted night’s sleep (without the aid of any medication) for both of us, I woke around 0600, well before our alarms. We took care to unlock the various layers of security at our accommodation and checking our room was empty before locking our key inside. We summoned a taxi by […]
27 July 2022
Getting to Zipaquira I woke around 0600 and let Kim sleep till around 0700. I had needed half a sleeping pill to take me through the night. Kim was feeling decidedly off-colour again and I gave him the option of neither one of us going to the Salt Cathedral about 90 mins away. He felt […]
27 July 2022
Getting started I woke around 0630. With the time difference with Europe, I should have been raring to go. I was good but a little sluggish. I was wary of the fact that Kim had come from the opposite time zone from me and would be slow in the morning. I worked away on my […]
25 July 2022
Getting to Madrid With a 0920 departure from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid and connection to Bogota, I had to wake at 0540. I left the room at 0610 for the walk to the bus stop, which I had located yesterday. The streets were somewhat busy with people who had been out partying. The taxi […]
24 July 2022
Galician National Day & Feast of St James Today ended up like a spare day, one of relaxation, preparation and documentation, reviewing and deleting photos. After spending the morning indoors I wandered out for a walk and lunch. Last night an octopus salad had caught my eye so I was keen to have it. It turned […]
23 July 2022
Moving to Santiago de Compostela It was a late start today with the bus ride to Santiago de Compostela, in the Galicia region, at 1000. The ride took us through the coastal area with some inlets before turning inland. There was a ridge with wind farms on the roadside and I could feel the bus […]
22 July 2022
I took the 0830 bus from Santander to Oviedo in Asturias today. The waiting underground station at Santander was not glassed-in from the waiting buses and I imagine it would be rather unpleasant during peak hours. Think carbon monoxide poisoning? The bus arrived from Barcelona and we boarded for Oviedo soon after, with a new […]