El Prado Barranquilla

... to Taganga and quickly jumped in the water… it was sooo hot out. The beach was nice, packed, and filthy. We are used to trash being everywhere but this was pretty bad. We were even swimming with the trash. Again, we had though we could find a spot to camp on the beach for the night but the beach was really small and every inch was taken up with property. If you dive Taganga is ...

... und bin zu ihm gefahren. Er ist 36, arbeitet für die kolumbianische Regierung und wohnt mit seiner Familie in einer Schule. Familie heisst in diesem Fall Mutter, Cousine, Tante, Sohn der Cousine und was weiss ich nicht wer. Hab bis zum Ende nicht entwirren können, wer wie mit wem verwandt ist. Na jedenfalls betreiben sie diese kleine Privatschule, in der wir in den Klassezimmern auf Luftmatrazen übernachtet haben. Wer ist wir? Insegesamt 18 Couchsurfer aus aller Herren Länder! Gustavo ...

... one of the big exports of Columbia but here everyone from the age of 5 upwards can dance like her. On other nights we did manage to get a lot of practice doing the different dances but I still have to ask the girl which dance the song actually is (there are just so many different types). My hips have been working overdrive though. Many of the girls here are beautiful, and they are proud of their reputation of 'the most beautiful girls in the world' and this is probably why there is ...

... Swimming in the mud, of an active mud volcano, it was incredible! Every once in a while, a bubble would slowly make its way up to the surface with a deep glurp and blurb. The mud was smooth, grey, and room temperature, a beautiful feeling. It is quite dense, so unless someone pushed one under, it was impossible to submerse oneself. I could hold my arms out to the side and not go deeper than my chest. I laid on my back with feet and arms in the air, turned, "swam", put ...

... 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 ...

... for letting fear control my life, but I am aware that fear exists within me, and this awareness takes away the power of the fear within me. I know fear sounds like I am constantly looking over my shoulder, or something like that, but that's not what I mean. It's the fear of not being listened to, being taken seriously, or not measuring up to one's own or someone else's expectations, not being liked, not finding that special ...

... is fairly tricky (there are four different tones for each syllable), but I can't wait to get to the writing part when we learn to draw the chinese characters! Right, think that's enough for now! Will leave you with some pics of Heidys ladies day. Some of us ladies from the languages department got together for a day at Heidys house for barbecue, swimming, salsa and twister. Lots of fun! Talk to you all soon! Keep the updates coming! XXX

... Guatemala, with some very poor parts, and some wealthier parts. There are country clubs people are part of, with pools, tennis courts, like in the U.S., and there are slums in other parts of the city.  Shirly and Karen do not speak any English, so I was able to practice my Spanish right away. Only Samuel, the organization's founder, who spends most of his time in Bogota, and Maria Alejandra, who is the Executive Director, speak English, so I will have plenty of ...

... and Canadian community currently residing in Barranquilla! Everyone was so nice though and I'm starting to feel like I'm fitting in more now that I know more people. Was feeling a wee bit homesick the past couple of weeks, just missing everyone (both in Northern Ireland and Scotland!), missing the dog (I know it's stupid but I love that dog!!), the lack of haggis suppers and the occasional cold breeze!! I think it's because I'm very ...