The “duende” waterfall (el Salto del Duende).  As there had been a lot of rain the previous night instead of one falls there were two.

These cliff are also used for repelling.

A simple 4 strand barbed wire fence and some old posts are the only fall protection and not a good one at that. The ground slopes to the edge and the rain the night before made the clay slippery.

This dam holds back the water and also serves as the road. Today the water was spilling over the dam and onto the road. This is the source of the falls to the right in the previous image

There are many farms up on the mesa and this was a good looking herd of Holstein cows. The only ones I have seen so far on my trip.

“Mi Colombia Querida” a typical town replication was open on Sunday and very busy.

Again stall after stall selling meats…none refrigerated.

Smoke from the grill comes out of this adobe oven.

A typical Horno, native adobe oven.

This young man had a speech memorized trying to pitch the Macadamia nuts and oils that his family was selling.

From the market we went to the weekend home of the family of Sergio’s friend Cesar, which is in an upscale gated neighbourhood. Their weekend home is in behind the big house on the left.

There was a visitor in the flower beds and Cesar’s mother was completely freaked out by it. It looks like a smooth sided toad.

Cesar’s family, from left to right, his mother, his father, his sister, her husband, Cesar and the gringo! It was a pleasure to spend time with a very typical upper middle class Colombian family. Their hospitality was much appreciated! As it got later in the day the temperatures started to drop and everyone was putting on extra clothing.

On the way back to Bucaramanga we stopped off at the newest and largest mall in Bucaramanga. This was Sunday evening and the mall was very busy.