Coconut Carton
Coconut fibre carton
Constance and Gracia were intrigued by this little coconut fibre container sitting on the kitchen counter in their Bogota apartment. They opened it up and found…
Botanical Garden, Bogota
Exotic Species
We made it to the Botanical Garden today, and enjoyed a lovely couple of hours there, gazing at Colombian plants, walking around, learning about high altitude, jungle, and Caribbean plants. It is a wonderful place, away from the hurry and exhaust of the huge city.
Rainy Day Garden
Little Wooden Garden
One of these days we plan to go to Bogota’s famous Botannical Garden, but today we were caught in a torrential downpour and hurried home instead…Gracia and Constance were quite pleased to discover a little garden on a shelf in our apartment, which was dry and full of colourful plants and animals.
Placita Movil
Sidewalk Market
On Wednesdays a little fruit and vegetable market appears on the sidewalk near where we are staying…everything is fresh and plentiful, and very beautiful…shoppers from nearby apartments can look things over and choose the ones they want. Constance and Gracia were happy to help.
Laundry
Hook in the Wall
Constance has been wondering why there are giant hooks embedded in the dining room walls…
Laguna Sagrada Guatavita
Guatavita
Hittys and humans went on a day trip to the sacred lake Guatavita, a little north of Bogota. This is a National Historic Site, where sacred ceremonies of the Muisca people took place in pre-Colombian times. The ceremonies involved a particular selected man, who was coated with sap of the Frailejones plant, and then with Gold dust. He and his attendants went to the middle of the lake on a raft, then he entered the water, the gold washed off and other votive offerings were given into the water.
Parque Nacional Chingaza
Pocket Riding
Today Constance and Gracia’s adventure included traveling by car and pocket. The pocket gave the best view of Chingaza National Park. The park is also a nature reserve, and the watershed for Bogota’s drinking water. Only 40 people a day are permitted to enter the park, but happily, there was no restriction on dolls.
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