With our delayed arrival, this evening’s schedule turned out a slightly compressed. We met just after sunset (literally 20 minutes after arrival from the airport) for a quick orientation tour of town, a glimpse of the local festivities in honor of the virgen de Carmen, followed (or should I say topped off) by an excellent dinner (nicely accompanied by 2for1 mojitos) and a hello to Mr. Crabs.

As the virgen de Carmen is now showing up the second time, I should probably provide some more background. The virgin of Carmen is the patron saint of the transport drivers in Colombia. So celebrations were not limited to town centers and churches (like here or in Villa de Leyva earlier in the trip), there were also plenty of trucks, taxis and buses decorated beautifully – we even saw a processing of many trucks and buses in her honor.