Pueblo de zocalos

We have found our favourite small town of the trip. After visiting more quaint, colonial towns than you could poke a stick at, we found Guatape. This town is on a lake a couple hours east of Medellin. It is extremely colourful, and every building has bas relief tiles (so-called zocalos) around their bases with representations of what happens in the building, or just general local scenes. Guatape also seems to be the place to be if you are an old man who likes shuffling around while wearing cool hats. Kellie, the collage master, has made a couple of picture compilations to show you what it is like:

Another reason Guatape is so impressive is the granite monolith "La piedra del Peñol". This geological beast is over 200 metres high, and has 700 odd steps to reach the top. There is a fantastic view of the lake and region from the top. We love this place.