I thought I'd better give some info on this colossus. The Cristo de la Concordia, on a hill east of my city (I know this because directions are one of the first things I teach my beginner students (where is the Cristo??)) is 33 and a bit metres high, making it the highest one in the world incuding that of the Rio Cristo Redentor which stands at 33 metres (one for each year of Jesus' life - Cochabambinos poopoo that by saying that Jesus lived for 33 and a bit years...)
There are two thousand steps (some say) up to the statue from below, but I wouldn´t know. I DO know that the final 30 odd stairs that I climbed after taking the cable car (teleférico) embarrassed me in front of my tour guide (one of my English students). I might practice the 2000 stairs by myself...
That all - almuerzo time!!
Love your FNBC.
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