Oliver's Homepage Photos of Colombia.... Part 9  (Cundinamarca, Boyacá and Santander) These are pictures from our trip to Boyaca and Santander  in November 2000 and in August 2009

The Lake of Sisga - Dpto. Cundinamarca

Surfing by the Lamas...

Raquirá - Dpto. Boyacá

Pottery and handicraft in Raquirá

The Lake of Tota - Dpto. Boyacá

A white sandy beach at an altidude of more than 3000m! - La Playa Blanca del Lago de Tota.

Villa de Leyva - Dpto. Boyacá

The pittoresque colonial town of Villa de Leyva and its Saturday Market.

Puente de Boyacá

The bridge of Boyacá - a very important landmark for Colombian history.

In this place Simón Bolívar led Colombia to independence in 1819.

The little hell- symbols of fertility near Villa de Leyva

A row of houses by the riverside in Moniquirá, a little village in the north of Boyacá.

Production of charcoal near Samacá, Boyacá

Dpto. Santander

Socorro - a mountain village, where independency had been declared in 1810 already.

Barichara - Dpto. Santander

Barichara - a picturesque colonial town on the rim of the Río Suárez canyon...

The cathedral of Barichara. (18th century)

The valley of the Río Suárez.

The cemetary and a young  inhabitant of the village Guane.

San Gil - Dpto. Santander

Like big bushy beards tillandsias hang down from the trees in the park "El Gallineral" in the city of San Gil.

Girón - Dpto. Santander

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