El Prado Barranquilla

... supposed to be amazing but Devin wasn’t planning on doing any diving so we had a natural juice, made lunch, then hit the road again.

We made our way further North towards a National Park that we knew had camping. National Park Tayrona is said to have one of the prettiest beaches in Colombia and we were both really looking forward to it. The landscape started to change into ...

... begeisterter Host bei Couchsurfing und hat niemenden abgewiesen, der ihn für die karnevalswoche um eine Unterkunft gebeten hat. Aber so etwas habe ich noch nicht erlebt - die Schulköchin hat für uns alle gekocht: Rühreier zum Frühstück, Tamales (typisch kolumbianische Spezialität), frische Säfte, Sandwiches, wir wurden echt gut versorgt. Selbst Aguardiente (ein milder Anisschnaps) hat er uns spendiert! Dazu kam, dass er uns die ganze Zeit über in seinem Auto zu allen Paraden, zum ...

... much plastic surgery here. We had heard that this was the case but I thought it must be a myth because I didn't really notice any. Then I talked to a girl who looked about 17 but was actually 28. I couldn't tell it was surgery but apparently she's had it 15 times already. I have also heard that this is quite normal. Once we ended up in a gay-bar, although you couldn't really tell since, for carnival, it was packed full of all manner of people spilling out into the streets. We had ...

... on my face, and laughed and giggled with Lili. Giving her a kiss on her clean face, I left some mud-marks on her nose, and chin. I was very happy to be there with her. They told us that the volcano mud reached a depth of 2,300 meters; the positive earth energy that I felt in the mud, in the cauldron of the mud-volcano was very deep, very gentle, one could hardly notice it, if it were not for the effect it had on one's state of feeling. We got out after a while ...

... and sometimes made some certain dance moves, which, if I was dressed as I usually am, would seem "cool", maybe unusual or normal, but I think I would not even think about it. Being dressed as a nerd, when I made these dance moves - and I'm not talking dance moves like my sister does - :-) Susanne ich hab dich lieb:-) - I felt like people would think they are "nerdy" dance moves because I was (was dressed as ) a nerd. Maybe this isn't clear, its hard to explain ...

... well, I think I hit the nail on the head with the idea of expectations. We have expectations of ourselves, which arose from somewhere from the outside. This could be a direct expectation from a family member, friend, colleague, or enemy, or indirect from society through media such as TV, the internet, magazines, and people of course. We start believing that these expectations must be met, without thinking about the validity of these ...

I talked in a previous entry, about the dire situation people have to deal with in the neighborhoods that Futbol con Corazon is currently working in, and wants to work in. We have recently started to engage with a new community, en el barrio la Chinita, and I made a quick video of the soccer field and our meeting with community leaders, and local school teachers. Last week we hosted a visitor from a beer company in ...

... to speak Spanish. I need to get a dictionary though.. and maybe a travel book about Colombia. Those were not on the top of my list of priorities when getting ready to move all my stuff in the states. The hotel, called Valleclaire, is simple, but nice, and even has a pool and WIFI. I am very happy about the WIFI!!!!!!!!! That's my connection to my family and friends, news, music (although Pandora doesn't work here L), etc. So, my main responsibilities are, to help with ...

... of just how far away I am from home. But things are picking up here and in the coming weeks I'm going to be a busy bee! I've been given another class, this one is Level 4 on the extension programme, which means it's mostly older students learning English for their careers. It's an evening class, so I'll be working late 2 days a week. I've also been asked to give English classes to a very prominent political figure who lives here in ...