Update

I recently spent a wonderful few days at a friend's country house near the charming colonial town of Villa de Leyva, in the Department of Boyacá, about 150km north of Bogotá. I will get around to writing up the trip soon. But, in the meantime, I have uploaded the trip photos.

On a slightly different subject, you may have noticed how I have greatly commented on and photographed the Colombian flora. The national newspaper "El Tiempo" had a New Year's Eve section with some interesting statistics, none of which surprise me after what I have seen:

1) Colombia has the largest variety of flowers of any country in the world;

and perhaps slightly disturbing...

2) Colombia is the largest exporter of machetes.

It also ranks in highly with respect to butterfly and frog species.