bogota

Tom and Luis in the historic Candelaria district. Luis Showed us around one morning before going to meet a student for a Spanish lesson.

The buldings are all wonderful colors which contrast excellently with their tile roofs.  We still can{t figure out how the tiles stay on even after staying in a hostel where the ceiling is the underside of a tile roof.  mystery.

These are bells in the gold museum, which goes through the history, process and artistry of pre-columbian goldworking.  they hammered sautered and even used the lost wax method to acheive very impressive results. There were also teeny tiny gold animals, like wiskered rats and birds with moving wings.  Wish I{d got a photo of those- must have been altitude induced laziness.

really excellent graffiti in Bogota.  We also went to the Bolero museum(columbian painter who painted the very plum ladies with tiny feet).  The graffiti was by far much more creative and alive.