Teaching Technology: Day 1 of the Trip.

After school on Friday we set off and caught a bus to Paipa. The journey was about 3 hours. The buses are excellent, almost the equivalent of Business class with comfortable seats and TV etc... overall the journey although long was painless. arriving in paipa we caught a taxi out the hotel. The hotel was in the process of being repainted this was due to its use in the Zorro films. When filming Zorro the director wanted typical spanish Hacienda's and Plaza's so had use the Plaza at Villa de Lleyva one of the previous locations i had been too which was quite close by and then also this hotel. However for both it required the buildings to be painted white to give the original Spanish feel while most buildings in this area are painted a mustard yellow with white highlights. The Images below should provide a feel for the hotel which was excellent not least for the "Natural Hot Spring Mineral" waters that were piped in. relaxing in water that is bath water hot and which is so full of salts and minerals as to be like the dead sea in that you cannot sink no matter how hard you try. The waters are very refreshing and on coming out your skin feels almost silky smooth. A great start to the 3 day trip though by Colombian standards expensive at about £50 a night. Still well worth it.