From: Dan Trumble
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007
Colombia II - Monserrate
Monserrate is a neat hill/mountain that overlooks Bogotá. It is about 3200 meters (about 10,500 ft) above sea level. There is an outstanding view of the city from the mountain. You can walk up the mountain or ride the cable car...we rode the cable car. There is an old Catholic church at the top that has a famous image of Christ called "El señor Caido de Monserrate" (The fallen lord of Monserrate). The story is that many people who are crippled have received healing on this mountain.
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There are also statues depicting the Stations of the Cross and there are some restaurants and shops.
Rich, Carlos, and Dan at the base of the mountain waiting for the cable car.
The cable car
Almost 100 years ago, a man crossed something like 800 meters between the two mountains on a tightrope. The two mountains are indicatd by the arrows. The picture shows the guy on the rope. Loco.
The view from the top
The church at the top. The inset shows the inside of the church with the El señor Caido de Monserrate statue featured at the front. The following picture shows it a bit more closely.
The fallen lord of Monserrate
Below is part of the path that leads along the statues of the Stations of the Cross
Some of the statue
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sWe ate at Casa San Isidro, a nice French restaurant, up on the mountain. I had a chicken dish. The juice is Mora (blueberry or blackberry…I saw it referred to both ways in different places).
Bogotá at night. 
