Guatape and El Peñol

I have been to Guatape before, but I had never been to El Peñol. I had seen this ginourmous rock, but always wanted to climb it. So thats precisely what I did one Sunday. We woke up early, ate breakfast, and made our way to El Peñol. We passed it because we were going to conquer that last.
First we stopped in Guatape.

On the weekends the towns people set up their booths along the lakeshore. So of course, since crafts are my favorite thing, we hit the booths first. They had a lot of interesting things, lots of food. There was a lady that was very, and I mean VERY, spiritual. Yea my aunt decided to talk to her, why I do not know. We ate some delicious ice cream while my uncle ate corn on the cob. We made our way back to the car and were headed to El Peñol.

El Peñol is a huge gicantic rock. The spiritual lady tells people its a huge meteor, I dont know, all I know is that I wanted to climb it. My aunt didnt want to so it was up to my uncle and I.

She stayed in the truck, the sixth car from the bottom

It cost about 2 USD to get in and 4 USD to climb the rock. I heard someone say there are like 350-400 steps to the top.

I was ready. I started out great thinking "Yea this is nothing, I can totally climb this rock fast." Boy was I wrong. I stopped like 5 times to catch my breath. The steps are steep and its super tiring. When I got to the top I was sweating, hot, and exhausted. But the view was amazing.

We stayed at the top for a while taking pictures. When it was time to go down, geez that was another hurdle. Theres a crowd of people all going down at the same time. There were two sets of stairs, one set going up, one set going down. The steps are super tiny and slippery. By the time I made it down my right leg was shaking. There were booths lining the street when we made it down, so of course, I did some shopping. I am a total sucker for crafts. So I bought a couple of earrings that were hand made. We got to the car and my aunt had locked herself out of the car with BOTH sets of keys inside. Two hours later, and about 5 different people attempting to open the car, we finally made our way back home. Exhausted.