Funny Faces!
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San Augustín, Huila, Colombia
Sunday, June 13, 2010
The place is famous for the San Agustin archaeological park which includes a wide variety of stone sculptures carved between AD 100 and 1200. In the park are an amazing array of separate stone sculptures, in the shapes of animals and warriors and human faces, some mythical, some realistic. They are carved out of volcanic rock--some are over 4 meters tall and weigh several tons. The site, excavated by K. Th. Preuss during the 1940s, has been declared a World Heritage Site.
Eventually, after two bus changes, a broken bridge and a ride in a Jeep, we finally arriving in San Agustin! The first evening we chilled out at the hostel and went to a local restaurant called Donde Richard. We were slightly confused at first when the waiter explained that there was no menu (!) basically the waiter told you verbally what was available! Given that our Spanish is still not that great, Ash ended up with pork and i had trout! The food was delicious though!
The next day we booked ourselves on a Jeep tour to go and see the archaeological sites. The stone faces and tombs are spread over quite a wide area so the Jeep was the best option to see more of them. We met the rest of our group which included an Australian couple called Naomi and Jason. We also stopped off at a few fantastic waterfalls as well, one of which was the third highest in South America after Angel Falls In Venezuela and Gokta Falls in Peru.
We were really glad we had made the effort to go to San Agustin but we were really glad when it was time to leave, the town didnt feel that safe and all the locals kept on giving us strange looks, although im not sure whether that was because Ash had his Forest shirt on!!
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