This being a very local town was confirmed when we tried to find a vegetarian breakfast. We walked around one of the squares but ended up being greeted into a small cafe overlooking another square. We explained that we were vegetarian but this did not deter the owner from offering us some chicken. We said we didn't want meat in Spanish. She offered us potatoes, but this also turned out to contain meat. I spotted roasted potatoes and asked to have those instead....

Time is starting to look tight, with a heavy heart we packed our bags for departure. However we had a growing optimism that Columbia has many more wonders awaiting us. Before heading to the bus terminal we had breakfast at the usual place. This time we got farewells from complete strangers that happened to be eating there. The bus was full but we simply jumped into another that went five minutes later. Zipaquira (a really difficult one to pronouce) is half way ...