First Day in the Colombia Countryside

After three fine days in Bogota, we flew to Armenia and then bussed through some beautiful, rugged countryside to the Cocora Valley, the pretty tourist village of Salento, past the metropolis of Pereira, ending in Manizales where we'll spend the next two days.

The wax palms indigenous of Cocora Valley. They've almost been wiped out.

Young man on the street in Salento, with a Gollum(?) mannequin behind.

Spectacular sunset over the city of Pereira, with ever-present mountains behind.