People in Colombia

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I didn't visit many cities or villages, essentially only Bogotá, Leticia, and San Agustín. Here are some pictures of people and towns from Colombia.

All pictures are © Dr. Günther Eichhorn, unless otherwise noted.

People in Colombia

Children playing in the Amazon. (1051k)

Cute girl. (961k)

School children. (678k)

Old man. (796k)

Old man. (652k)

Villages in Colombia

Houses in Mocagua. (945k)

Village church in Mocagua. (1.5M)

Floating houses on the Amazon. (793k)

Houses on stilts along the Amazon. The river floods during each rainy season, so the houses have to be high enough. (882k)

Houses on stilts along the Amazon. (877k)

Palm leaves for covering roofs. (1.8M)

Church in Villavieja. (577k)

Park in Villavieja. (1300k)

Large Ceiba tree in the municipal park in Timaná. Timaná was founded in 1538. (1281k)

Catedral de San Callixto (Cathedral of Saint Callixto) in Timaná. (845k)

Stained glass window on the cathedral. (870k)

Statue in Timaná from 1988, celebrating 450 years of Timaná. (1163k)

The hotel in San Agustín had a small chapel on the grounds. (983k)

Church of San Agustín. (809k)

Painting on the Church of San Agustín. (875k)

Iglesia de Lourdes (Church of Lourdes) in San Agustín with the Cristo de los dientes rotos (Christ of broken teeth) in front. (654k)

Oldest estate in San Agustín, owned by Doña Maria. She showed us some of the buildings on the estate and her collection of artifacts. The artifacts are registered with the government to make it legal for her to house them. She did not want me to take pictures though. (1011k)

View of one of the buildings in the estate. (1017k)

View of one of the buildings in the estate. (1188k)

View of one of the buildings in the estate. (867k)

View of one of the buildings in the estate. (1120k)

Oven for baking bread. (870k)

The old kitchen. (965k)

Wood fired stove in the kitchen. (735k)

Doña Maria in the kitchen. (762k)

More modern kitchen in a second building. (810k)

Guinea pigs in the kitchen. They keep the floor clean by eating any food that is dropped. They in turn serve as food for their owners (Doña Maria though doesn't eat her guinea pigs, they are her pets). (793k)