A church of his own

Marzo 18 / 2019 / Dia 3

Santa Rosa De Cabal – Salento - Valle Del Cócora / Colombia

Tomamos la ruta hacia Salento, entrando a este pueblo tuvimos nuestro primer susto con el tuk tuk, una persona muy imprudente nos cerro en su carro y casi nos volteamos. Es increíble lo vulnerables que somos ante la mala educación de otros.

Salento un pueblo cafetero con sus casas coloniales llenas de color, flores y olor a café, y lleno de turistas.  Disfrutamos caminando sus calles llenas de artesanías, también subimos a un mirador donde puedes ver los inmensos sembrados de café.

Continuamos para el Valle Del Cócora, un paisaje mágico lleno de verde con sus imponentes palmas de cera, uno de los símbolos de Colombia.

Bajando del Valle nos encontramos un restaurante “Donde Laurita” la mejor sopa de trucha y el patacón más grande que hemos comido hasta el momento.

Super recomendado, al lado del restaurante nos encontramos un hostal casi desaparecido, pero era nuestra salvación ya que era demasiado tarde para regresar a Salento.

Llegamos y nos atendió un personaje feliz, amable, conversador y super atento. Tomamos una habitación con todo muy básico, pero con el mejor paisaje y anfitrión “Rafael”´

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We took the route to Salento, entering this town we had our first scare with the tuktuk.  A very imprudent person, my language was a little stronger,  forced us off the road. It is amazing how vulnerable we are to the poor driving skills and lack of forethought of others.

Salento is a coffee town with colourful colonial houses, flowers, the smell of coffee and full of tourists. We enjoyed ambling along its streets full of crafts and we also climbed to a viewpoint where you can see the immense coffee plantations.

We continue to Valle del Cócora, a magical landscape full of green with its imposing wax palms, one of the symbols of Colombia.

Racing at an impressive 40kph along the Valley we found a restaurant "Donde Laurita" the best trout soup and the biggest patacón we have eaten so far.

Definitely recommended, next to the restaurant we found a hostel partly derelict but showing the signs of what was a previously affluent past.  It was our salvation since it was too late to return to Salento.

We arrived and were treated by a happy, kind, talkative and super attentive character. We took our very basic room but with the best view we were then invited to coffee by our host Rafael.