San Gil (1750m):
After Villa de Leyva, we reached San Gil in the Santander province. San Gil is a main destination for the backpackers in search of adventure as white water rafting, paragliding...are common sports. San Gil (created in 1689) was a quiet place where we visited "El Gallineral" a superb park with exotic trees and flowers. Close to the town, there was the typical village of Barichara, charming for its colonial architecture. We did not try extreme sports as I am not too comfortable on water!
- The Cathedral of San Gil. In front there was a lovely plaza (nothing exeptional) but Friday and Saturday nights everybody was meeting here drinking a beer or eating an ice-cream, chatting and enjoying the soft evening. That what we did too!
- One of the street of the town...very steep indeed...half of the streets of San Gil are similar. Our hostel was situated in one of these streets...Going down was easy on the morning but going up after a day trip, that was more difficult! Please note the adorable red Renault 4L in front...That remembered me when my dad used to have one similar when I was 5!
- The park "El Gallineral" is famed for its trees covered with tillandsia. That was like old man beard! We saw this all around Colombia and later in Venezuela,
- The Inmaculada Concepcion church of Barichara. Barichara is a small village situated 40min from San Gil and was founded in 1705. It is known for its colonial architecture and its houses are painted in white, grey or blue and the streets are stoned. Barichara was a very quiet little town, full of charm and charactere,
- A typical street in Barichara.
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