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Salsa Captial
... to Salsa. Except for me of course. I look like a monkey with a broken leg when I dance, so I do try to avoid making a fool of myself. This apparently was no excuse for anyone trying to get me to do Salsa classes, or even to get up and dance. A South African guy did manage to get me up and show me the very very basics of salsa, but I only did it to shut him up ;) The people ...
Cali, Colombia
This is a retroactive blog from my trip to Cali for la Feria between Christmas and New Years Eve 2011. I gained a whole new Colombian family when my uncle Rob married Diana, and I got to use that to my advantage on this visit.
I stayed with Felipe who is of the same age. His mother Luz Elena is Diana's sister. "Pipe" and I thoroughly enjoy our most interesting conversations, which ...
Going to the Zoo Zoo Zoooooo
... have saved a lot of money and just headed to the zoo instead of dragging him into the deep dark jungle of Ecuador. He loved swinging from vines though and eating his ants so I don't think it was a sincere complaint. Then we also got to see the elusive tapir! There were two different breeds and we saw them both, they were all relaxed and coming right up to the fence. We also saw two pumas and after seeing the paws on them I was quite happy we hadn't run into any in ...
Cali - salsa capital of Colombia
... in Cali and the border crossing occurs at 3.30am! What?! I booked a direct bus to avoid border crossing at night. Luckily there are several other gringos on the journey.
Fortunately no problems ...
Tumbaco (Ecuador) - Cali (Kolumbien)
... die Hängematten im Garten austesten und nach einem Rundgang im Viertel „San Antonio“, welches mit seinen bunten Häuserfassaden besticht, ist der erste Schock über die Schlafstätten-Unannehmlichkeiten in Kolumbien auch schon überwunden.
Per Internet organisieren wir die geplante Bootsüberfahrt von Cartagena nach Panama. Über Neujahr werden wir nun also gemeinsam mit unseren Eltern auf einem Katamaran entlang der „San Blas Inseln“ nach Panama fahren.
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