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heading towards Carmenza’s father’s house

Saturday, 12 January 13

looking back towards the town


Carmenza’s father’s house


Mary & Carmenza, exhausted after walking up the steep hill

to visit their dad


Carmenza’s brother, Deison - watching TV


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.


Carmenza giving her dad a leg massage after his hard day

working on the farmSaturday, 12 January 13

The view across the valley


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

the mountain.


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


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

futher up the mountainSaturday, 12 January 13

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

shopping in the town. Saturday, 12 January 13

Carmenza with her sister Mary, her dad and his wife


Carmenza’s oder brother, Oscar, giving me a

demonstration on the “requinto”


plantains growing in the garden


coffee in the garden


Carmenza’s friends place where we stayed.


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

familiar to me!


a little shop set up in the museum


Colombian percussion instruments - one

made from a donkey’s jaw


Cattle sale in the middle of town


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


Catedral de Velez


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


Place in the church for ashes


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


Visiting the farm where Carmenza’s father works


bringing in the cows


Carmenza’s dad picking vegies


Anachacha: a starchy taproot vegetable that we enjoyed with lunch


Visiting relatives


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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