North of Bogota there is a Salt Cathedral. The town of Zipaquira is home to a huge salt deposit, formed when the area was under an ancient ocean. It was mined by indigenous groups, then the Spaniards, and modern companies. Being Latin America, the obvious best use for the abandoned parts of the mine was to build a church.
South of Bogota there is a valley that is straight out of a Dr. Seuss book. The Valle de Cocora is home to these unusual wax palms that tower above the canopy.
Near the aforementioned valley, there is a picturesque little town called Salento. Very colourful and a great place to eat lunch after hiking in the valley.
This area is known as the Zona Cafeteria, the coffee growing region of Colombia. They must grow a shitload of coffee, as Colombia is the world's third largest coffee producer (behind Brazil and Vietnam).
Finally, near the border we found a ridiculously beautiful church. The Santuario de Las Lajas was built in a canyon where a young girl walking with her mother heard the voice of the Virgin Mary...or something like that, the signs were hard to read. It was like something out of a Disney movie.
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