Villa de Leyva, Day 1 and only

What a wonderfully delightful little village! This is another place at which I regret to say I can`t stay long. This morning I got up to a hustle and bustle in the main plaza - everyone was dresed up in old fashion costume: dazzling ladies in their gowns and hats, men in top hats and smart suits, ragged peasants and children, a full mix! and a wedding going on in the church. Zorro was, however, no where to be seen; he must have been in his civilian clothes. I should also mention the camera crew I guess, though it`s not nearly so exciting to know that it`s all pretend. They were filming the New Zorro series, and apparently do this every month. I made friend with the whole damn town taking pictures and chatting with the various town members/movie extras with the promise that I`d send the photos via email when I got home. I also chatted to one of the film crews photographers a bit. This Zorro series airs on a channel called Telemundo here, and is shown all over the world, including Canada, so check it out! Maybe you`lll see some of my new friends - they´ll be all the extra people in the church in the wedding scene, whenever that is...

Anyway, this is such a pretty little town, with an impressive plaza, all sorts of cute shops and restaurants, and beautiful white-washed colonial buildings lining streets made of massive cobblestones. I climbed the hardest 1/2hr hike up a hill to the Jesus statue/lookout and took in a spectacular view of the place, went into the Casa Museo de Luis Alberto Acuña, a local artist, and now I gotta figure out what I`m to do for the rest of the day.

Tomorrow I´ll leave in the morning for Tunja, catch a bus to Bucaramanga, then from there to Cartagena. I have a lot of travelling ahead of me so I don`t forsee any internet time tomorrow. Caribbean coast here I come!