The Salt Cathedral

A couple of my dorm-mates, Jack from Oz and Linda from the Netherlands, and I enquired at the hostel for directions to the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira. We were given a handy slip of paper with the necessary instructions. So we took the metrobus to the North Portal bus station where there was a small bus headed to Zipa. We got a bit lost in the little Andean town but eventually found the cathedral... at the top of many many stairs. The scenery around was lovely, of rolling hills and countryside. Linda was particularly excited about the hills!

The cathedral was basically sets of crosses representing the Stations in alcoves and tunnels cut into the mountain which used to be a salt mine. With enormous caverns and colored lights backlighting crosses, it was pretty cool to take our own time climbing stairs and wondering what was around the corner. I wanted to explore more of the town of Zipa itself since it looked like a cute colonial town, but it was getting late, and we wanted to arrive back in Bogota before it was too dark. All in all, a nice trip into the mountains.