Bogata, Day 2

Day 2 was spent with Bibi's parents (and herself). First, we drove to the Salt Cathedral. And it was great to see the green-covered mountains. The road winds this way and that so that a variety of views were able to be had.

The salt Cathedral is within an underground Salt mine/cave that you walk in and it's almost pitch black. The top of the cave towers above at, I think, about 20 feet or higher. There were about 10 or so alcoves where crosses are cut out of salt rock, ranging from four feet up to 20 feet high. From one area, you can see the main, still operating, worship hall.

Behind the alter is the world's largest underground cross carved out of salt. It seems to be suspended in mid-air. It wasn't elaborately detailed at all. A crisp cross with square corners. There was a bit of a feat conquered for the making of the Cathedral. The salt rock is strong and a lot of work was put into creating this.

After about 1.5 hours, Bibi and I emerged. I thought we were going back to the city but instead, her paretnts took me on a tour of the surrounding towns in the area. Quaint towns in various valleys where the mountain range looks like they're close enough to touch. You won't find any of this in the guide books and I felt so special that they did this for me.

In one of the towns, we bought this stuff from an old street vendor lady who was busily typing a text message into her cell phone. Two wafer disks about the size of a salad plate sandwiched a layer of dulce de leche (kinda like caramelized condensed milk), pureéd rasberries and cottage cheese. Not overly sweet and quite pleasant.