We took our time getting back to Lima for our flight northward to Bogota. We skipped a tourist attraction about 45 min outside the city with the intention of hitting it up during our final days. We arrived late at night to the Hostal Internacional. Remarkably, they had kept our piece of luggage for the entire four months we'd been gone. Our coffers were full with last minute tourist souvenirs from Peru for family and friends. We needed the extra room that the suitcase provided.
Early the next morning we hopped on the bus northbound to the Plaza Norte to transfer to Zipaquirá. We walked up the Camino de Sal through the atrociously touristy entrance. Vaulting above the entrance is a four story tall fake climbing wall in the shape of a tree, mazes, and other muses. Luckily we were there on a weekday and we would not see the fantastic crowds that take up the area each weekend.
We descended into the mine 1800 feet below the surface and found this:
