At 6am the alarm went off, Liz feeling a bit worse for wear after last night couldn't face a travel day - we decided to stay another day.We are glad we did, we looked round more shops and found new nice places to while away time. Some large speakers were being arranged in the square. It turned out to be a similar but different performance to yesterday. The main differences were that young children were included in the performance. The children in the audience w...

The day started like the other days here with a breakfast next door. It is run by a very nice couple that only seem to cater for breakfast. As we emerged from our posada they are normally sitting outside waiting for customers. They see us and greet us in, the food is very good and cheap with the added bonus of some nice classical music to go with the surroundings. This village has so many nice places to sit and relax, I especially like the coffee shops with nice ...

As I said if we could find a place that doesn't eat us we will be laughing - well we are rolling around laughing. Liz did not get bit last night, the place is spotless, crisp sheets, steaming hot showers TV and for less money than the place last night. Liz looks like a happy bunny again as we sat down to the first breakfast in ages. Here was the litmus test for Columbia and it has passed - we are going to like Columbia hopefully very much. We went to the square...

It gets worse for Liz, she couldn't get much sleep as her bites were driving her mad. In addition she has now picked up bed bug bites from last night. Bless her she is putting on a brave face but we really need to find somewhere that doesn't involve being bitten to death. The places in Columbia up to now have just been transit places, we have been heading to Villa de Leiva. This is a village that has the rare acolade of being protected by the nation. This should...