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Kyle looked like hell and Carla felt like hell which, she admitted, made it a perfect day to go to church.
The Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Chiquinquirá stood in the heart of the city. This area was wholly different from the wearier northern section of the city that included the Hotel Castillo.
To reach the Basílica they walked through the Paseo de la Chinita, a four-block city park filled with trees and long, cool fountains that battled against the midday heat already shimmering off the city. The walkways were a dramatic mosaic of black-and-gray stone. The park was dominated by a shining white colonnade forming a half arc around a towering white marble statue.
The Madonna, the golden-haloed Lady of Chiquinquirá, stood and cradled the Babe Jesus in her arms, and around her feet wer
