1. heading towards Carmenza’s father’s house
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2. looking back towards the town
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3. Carmenza’s father’s house
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4. Mary & Carmenza, exhausted
after walking up the steep hill
to visit their dad
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5. Carmenza’s brother, Deison - watching TV
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7. 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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9. Carmenza giving her
dad a leg massage
after his hard day
working on the farm
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11. The view across the valley
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15. Their little shop that
people stop for drinks
on their way further up
the mountain.
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16. Daniela, Carmenza’s little
sister, who I first met in
Cajica, lives here in Velez
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17. The little “bar” at the front of
their house, where people stop
for a meal or drink on their way
futher up the mountain
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18. 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.
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19. Carmenza with her sister
Mary, her dad and his wife
Saturday, 12 January 13

20. Carmenza’s oder brother,
Oscar, giving me a
demonstration on the
“requinto”
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21. plantains growing in the garden
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22. coffee in the garden
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23. Carmenza’s friends place
where we stayed.
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24. The Velez museum - a bit
concerning that many of
these “antique” items are
familiar to me!
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30. a little shop set up in
the museum
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33. Colombian percussion
instruments - one
made from a donkey’s
jaw
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34. Cattle sale in the middle of town
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39. Velez is on the die of the mountain
so all streets are quite steep
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42. Catedral de Velez
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47. The nativity scene in the church was huge,
taking up the full length on one side
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49. Place in the church for ashes
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50. View from the church tower. It was not
open to the public but we snuck up
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54. Visiting the farm where
Carmenza’s father works
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57. bringing in the cows
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60. Carmenza’s dad picking vegies
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61. Anachacha: a starchy
taproot vegetable that
we enjoyed with lunch
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62. Visiting relatives
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63. another Tiple demonstation from a cousin
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64. More relatives arrange a
concert for me, featuring
the tiple and the riquinto
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