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We happily arrived in to Cranky Croc Hostel in Bogota, had a well needed shower and stayed in for the evening.

Next morning, we were up early to go on Mike´s bike tour of the city. It was a really good way to see the city and because it was a bank holiday alot of the streets were closed to traffic which made it easier to get around. On the way, we passed the main museums, the Presidential house, the main plaza, the red light district, some of the main parks and the main cemetary where it is common to rent a space for 5 years, after which the remains are cremated. We also tried some interesting fruits and street food. Photos from the bike tour are here.

After the bike tour, we went back to visit the Botero museum. Botero, an artist born in Medellin (city further north in Colombia) in 1938 donated his collection along with alot of his own work to this museum. Some cool stuff there including Picasso and Monet, along with his own works, that concentrate on fat people, fat food, fat everything!

Afterwards we had a quick coffee in Juan Valedez (like Colombian version of Starbucks) before heading home to cook dinner.

Our second day in Bogota, we went to see the Museo del Oro (gold museum) which had a huge collection of artifacts. We also went to the police museum and did some shopping later in the afternoon.

The next morning we got a taxi up to Cerro de Monseratte and got the cable car up the mountain (not advised to walk this due to frequent muggings) to see some views of the city. Afterwards we headed to get the bus to San Gil.

After  20 hours on a bus, we arrived in Salta – a smaller pretty city in northern Argentina. By smaller, we mean 1.5million. As usual we started with a siesta when we arrived, then went into explore the town. But everything was shut – siesta here goes on every day from 2 to 6, our kind of place!

The next day,we took the cable car to see the whole city and surrounds, then visited the contemporary art museum and had a look at the archelogical museum.

Next day, we went on a great trip up further north, to visit Pumamarca and some other little towns, and saw the seven coloured mountains. The landscape here is very dry and sparse and the earth contains different minerals which give it the different colours. Some good weather for a change helped to make it a great day.