We have finished everything we want to see in Bogota, so
today we are going to venture out to a town about an hour out of Bogota called
Zipaquira. This town’s main attraction
is the underground salt cathedral.
However, first things first, after several weeks, I am finally going to
have my debit card back! If you can remember back to around day 40, I lost my
credit card, still have no idea where I left it. I ordered a new card and I got it sent to the
New Zealand consulate in Bogota and it arrived a couple of weeks ago. Ann and I take a taxi to the office of the
husband of the NZ Consulate as she is overseas on business. Here we collected my debit card, had a chat
with the guy and we were on our way to Zipaquira! To get to Zipaquira we had to
take the metro to the most northern point we could get to, and then catch a
direct bus which left every ten minutes.
When we arrived at the Salt Cathedral, we saw the New Zealander that we
met at our hostel in Quito and his mate.
We made our way down to the Cathedral which was born from an old salt
mine, dug straight into a mountain outside Zipaquira. The mines have been intensively exploited but
still contain reserves that will last another 500 years. As we walk through the mine, each station of
the cross was represented and had monuments.
The last station of the cross represented the entrance to the
Cathedral. It was incredible to see a
Cathedral, underground, and of salt. It
was set up like any other church. If
anything it was set up for the tourist though.
We then walked out of the Salt Cathedral, and through the township for a
bit of exploration, which didn’t take long at all! We then caught the bus back
into town, went to the supermarket to get some dinner and some snacks for our bus
trip to Medellin the next day, got some money out on my new debit card (yes it
works, now I don’t have to live off Ann) then went back to the hostel as it was
getting dark by this stage.
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