Zona Cafetera

From East to West. At the west of the capital Bogotà lies the coffee axis or the Zona Cafetera. After all the heavy hikes of the previous days, we decided to take it a little easier on ourselves. We picked the picturesque mountain city of Salento as our base from where we did daytrips to various points of interests. It was supposed to be a quiet and laidback kind of place… Except that we picked the only weekend of the year where Salento is transformed into one big open festival, full of live concerts, DJ sets, local food stands, traditional and not so traditional dance performances, … This came with the typical traffic problems of mountain villages: if there’s only one way in, and one way out by car… You walk. Despite the flock of colombian and international tourists, we enjoyed very much vibrant Salento and its surroundings (and a comfortable bed, lighter backpacks, more gentle temperatures and hot showers too).