The town of Salento, Colombia

Yesterday, we relaxed for the morning and then went into Salento in the afternoon. This morning we are checking out of where we are staying and they only accept cash. We stayed two days more than we planned, plus we have to pay cash at the next place we are staying too so we had to find an ATM.

Otherwise, our cash supply would have been running low.

And we didn't know for certain if the next town had an ATM or not.

Found another possible RV parking area.

This one definitely has room to park...no idea of they have any services.

Not very colorful, but a different looking sort of bird.

The town of Salento is nice, although touristy. It gets quite busy on weekends with both Colombian tourists as well as the steady supply of international visitors. It's a pretty little town, and it has a series of steps leading up to a nice mirador (overlook).

The main tourist street. See the alternating green and yellow steps at the end of the street? We are heading up those stairs to see the view.

Hostels, restaurants, and tourist shops along this street.

The town is not so colorful from above. The roofs are all the same color!

Nice views from the top.

Love this guy's house!

We had had a late breakfast so really hadn't had any lunch other than a few handfuls of peanuts. By this time it was almost 4::00pm and so we found a restaurant that one of the other hostel guests had told us about. Man, we've never eaten in so many restaurants!

Casa Eliana is a restaurant and hostel.

Nice meal...I had the beef stroganoff with rice and a salad.

Ruth had chicken curry with rice and a salad.

With two beer, a lemonade, and a tip the bill was 46,000 pesos ($22.54 CAD). A little more expensive than we're used to, but the town is a tourist area and the prices reflect that. It was a good meal though.

Then we went to the plaza and found the BanColombia ATM. Sure enough, it spit out 600,000 pesos ($285 CAD) for us. The exchange rate has improved a little, so things just got even cheaper for us! And, it spit out all 20,000 peso notes which are much easier to negotiate than the big 50,000 peso notes that we usually get.

Walking home, we went by this typical farm scene. Calves, chickens, and a cat.

And we spotted another blue crowned motmot. But we only had the little camera with us, so this is the best zoom you get!

Today is another travel day. We're going to Filandia, a town that is only 10 kms away as the crow flies, but it's 30 kms by bus. We get free drop off in Salento at 8:00am so we're up early this morning!

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