What a Difference a Day Makes

After we had crossed the mountains we were heading for a small town called San Augustine. It is Colombia´s most famous archeological site and by all accounts, from post travel research and fellow travellers it is a very beautiful town. We arrived in the morning to a barrage of touts, all wanting to take us to their hotel but being the independent people we are we tried to shoo them away but one was most persistant and followed us. We checked out every hotel in the center of town and were most dissappointed at what was there so we finally accepted the tout´s aid and he stopped a bus, threw our packs on top and took us about 3 km out of town, and then walked us another 1km up and down a hill to quite a nice place but was in the middle of no where and we would have to make that trek every time we wanted to leave to go anywhere and that was not acceptable to us. So back to the top of the hill, on the bus again, and half way to town we stopped again, down came the packs and there were two choices here. We chose one of them and sent the tout on his way, $5.00 richer. Our choice was not a good choice but we were tired and fed up with looking for a place to stay. At this point we were so dissappointed in what we thought was going to be a very beautiful spot, a spot we would like to stay for a few days.

After a night´s sleep both of us laying awake wondering what we were going to do we came up with a plan. Up early and a km walk into town, we chose a guide, told him what we were looking for and in his very good english says "I will help you". We got in a van and were going to shown a number of hotels in the country that had busses passing right by them. Our second stop was our last. It was perfect and the following pictures show the reason.Our first view, the back porch of the Hacienda Anacaona.
The other half of the same porch.
Our large room held two beds like this, a big bathroom and in the loft were 3 single beds. Everything was spotlessly clean.
It gets cool at night and there is a fire burning in the dining room.
The view looking straight out from our door.
The view from a balcony into a lower garden.
This wasn´t the only hammock. They were positioned in various spots all over the complex.
If you turned your head a bit, this was the view from our door.

There were many humming birds that came to visit the garden as well.

This finca changed our whole outlook about the town and the surrounding area and we realized why people thought it was so enjoyable. For sure now we were here to stay for a few days and explore the countryside and the archeological sites.

The cost of this place is $35 Canadian a night.