We left San Agustín in the morning for the 140km / 4 hours journey to Popayán – a bumpy and curvy ride, including a 3200m mountain pass.

We got into Popayán in the afternoon – in time for a visit in a juice bar (lulo anyone?) and a walk around town. Popayán is also known as the white city due to the color of most houses, churches and official buildings in the old city center.

As today was a Sunday, the city was fairly quiet, most shops and cafes were closed – only (obviously) churches were busy.

In the evening we went to a local fast food joint, for (based on the view of Andres) the best chicken soup. The soup turned out a proper broth – complete with the most flavorful little pieces of chicken (or menudencias per the menu … i.e. liver, hearts, kidneys etc. – no white meat though). He was right … the soup was very flavorful – though … me not being a fan of offal, I just had to eat around the one or other menudencia.

After dinner choices were between the odd dark bar on the other side of the street and the bar of the local five-star hotel a short walk away. The choice was an easy one – the drinks good (if available) – just the music selection left some questions. 😉