Not many birds, but lots of butterflies!

We came to San Agustin to visit the archaeological park here, but we heard rumors that it was to be closed on Tuesday. It's supposed to be open every day of the week, so we figured that the only way to find out for sure was to walk on over there!

The main part of the park is 3 kms (1.9 miles) from town, so if it ended up being closed at least we would get a walk out of it!

We stopped for breakfast along the way, and had ranch style eggs and hot chocolate. It came with rice as most meals here do, but this one had pasta in with the rice. We had asked for corn arepas instead of bread, but never thought to mention the gluten free thing regarding rice. Typical price of 5,000 pesos ($2.28 CAD) each.

We got to the entrance gate, and sure enough it was closed. Hmm.

Plan B. We had heard of a trail leading off to the left from the park entrance gate that supposedly went to a waterfall. We spoke to one of the security guards and he said that it would be difficult to find without a map, but he suggested that if we keep to the left at any intersections the trail would eventually lead back to town.

Ruth, on the dirt road.

We're not seeing many fancy birds, but there were quite a few butterflies and moths flying about.

We decided to take a trail off to the right just to see where it went, but it continued downhill quite a lot and we were probably going to have to come back up. So we didn't go that far. Just a couple of houses along the way, and eventually it became a footpath.

A couple of nice views of the countryside though.

Another butterfly. Couldn't get him to open his wings!

This moth was pretty....and pretty big too!

Sure enough, the trail made it's way to town of we kept to the left at any intersections. It led us pretty much right to the central plaza where we found a store selling ice cream. We were due for an ice cream...that sure went down good.

Back at the hostel, it was nap time for me. Still haven't been sleeping well, partly due to the local dogs barking most of the night, and partly due to my extremely itchy rash not being any better. After three full days of medication I wasn't seeing any improvement, and in fact it was worse. Trying not to let it affect our trip, but it is more than annoying. Changed medication yesterday afternoon to Prednisolene, and this morning I think we see a marked improvement. Hopefully that continues.

Went out for dinner and decided to splurge. We were getting tired of the typical cheap meal that seems to be an option of either chicken, pork, or beef. This time we had smoked trout! Sorry, didn't have the camera with me for a pic!

Today, we're doing a six hour jeep tour to some outlying areas! Should be lots of photos for tomorrow, including Colombia's highest waterfall!

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