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Where once only salt miners traveled, today, tourists' track. Through tunnels hundreds of feet deep into the caverns of / Zipaquirá mountain in Colombia. Their destination, a Catholic cathedral carved from the mineral deposits of the old mine.

More than 100 sculptors and miners laboured for 4 years blasting chambers chiseling rock and smoothing the crystallized salt in to a smooth and majestic place of worship.

This tourist was impressed by the architecture and craftsmanship. He says it is a very beautiful place. In this cathedral all the Biblical figures are pillars of salt. And the crucifix is cut directly into the chamber's wall. Completed 1995, the project cost 8 million$US. For local Columbians it is a source of enormous pride.

Onetime miner G R now maintains the church. He says it is the 8th wonder of the world and he calls it a miracle. But for the local government the cathedral is more than just inspirational it reprsent income approximately 1 million dollars a year from paying visitors. So in a coutry that's seen a drastic drop in tourism because of civil war and rampant crime the dark caves of Zipaquirá Mountain now offer a beacon of light.