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heading towards Carmenza’s father’s house

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looking back towards the town

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Carmenza’s father’s house

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Mary & Carmenza, exhausted after walking up the steep hill

to visit their dad

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Carmenza’s brother, Deison - watching TV

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Carmenza’s dad preparing our meal. It was one of many.

Everywhere I went, people were such good hosts, insisting on offering me food and drink.

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Carmenza giving her dad a leg massage after his hard day

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The view across the valley

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Their little shop that people stop for drinks on their way further up

the mountain.

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Daniela, Carmenza’s little sister, who I first met in Cajica, lives here in Velez

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The little “bar” at the front of their house, where people stop for a meal or drink on their way

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A customer heading back up the mountain after a drink stop. She lives a further 2 hour walk away, and her load is heavy, having been

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Carmenza with her sister Mary, her dad and his wife

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Carmenza’s oder brother, Oscar, giving me a

demonstration on the “requinto”

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plantains growing in the garden

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coffee in the garden

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Carmenza’s friends place where we stayed.

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The Velez museum - a bit concerning that many of these “antique” items are

familiar to me!

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a little shop set up in the museum

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Colombian percussion instruments - one

made from a donkey’s jaw

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Cattle sale in the middle of town

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Velez is on the die of the mountain so all streets are quite steep

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Catedral de Velez

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The nativity scene in the church was huge, taking up the full length on one side

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Place in the church for ashes

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View from the church tower. It was not open to the public but we snuck up

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Visiting the farm where Carmenza’s father works

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bringing in the cows

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Carmenza’s dad picking vegies

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Anachacha: a starchy taproot vegetable that we enjoyed with lunch

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Visiting relatives

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another Tiple demonstation from a cousinSaturday, 12 January 13

More relatives arrange a concert for me, featuring the tiple and the riquinto

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