Mendihuaca Caribbean Resort Santa Marta

... entire 5 hours I was building anticipation about what it would be like once we got around the bend. But it was just a little more water and a lot more of the exact same thing for the next 25 miles. That's it. Just me, Jamie and the open ocean. It was quite relaxing actually for a long time before we ran directly into some bad weather. We really couldn't do much to avoid it because it would have taken us way off course and we wanted to arrive at the ...

... that is even possible, so I went to my hammock. Try getting into a hammock when it is 6 inches from the next person. It is not easy. I forgot&#8230; Don't forget the mosquito netting. After being covered in OFF to stop the SUPER MOSQUITOS, I was able to crawl into my hammock and go to sleep. I did not get bitten once.<br><br>Up early as always, I planned my exit. We all had breakfast and then I investigated how to get back to Santa Marta. I came to the conclusion that I could not ...

... yesterday on the bus (very safe) and spent the evening inside the hostel (a restaurant with SOMETHING OTHER THAN FRIED BREAD/CHEESE PASTRIES!!! VEGETABLES!! SCORE!!) This morning we went to the blessed ATM and saw some pretty buildings, but thats all we have done so far. The plan is to go to a little fishing village this afternoon, and then to a national park with even prettier beaches tomorrow. still having a blast, and missing you all, sarah

... a tour where everything is carried for you on a battered up old donkey and occaisonally a local indian when the donkey can´t make it.<br><br>This trek was tough. Probably one of the toughest things we have done. It´s steep and hot but very beautiful. Along the way the guide points out farms that produce coca leaves soley for cocaine production, which was most of the surrounding countryside. Sporadically you meet army control points, which are ...

... and into the river. Colorful fungi grow in the rocks and on the fallen dead trees. Although, there is little wildlife, the vegetation is breathtaking enough. After crossing a thigh high river, sometimes waist high, eight times and climbing over 1000 stairs, we arrived at the ruins. The ruins themselves do not make the hike worth it, but the view from them is what it's all about. This night we slept in a three story tree house ...

... or exotic there. But as soon as we passed Poconé and got into the muddy transpantaneira the scene changed completely. Transpantaneira crosses Pantanal, so we were driving through the heart of the brazilian wet lands. In some points we could spot crocodiles, capybaras and a myriad of birds on the road. - we drove on transpantaneira for about 2 hours (almost got the car stuck in mudholes at least twice!) and then stopped at pousada ...

... you can view the various stages of destroyed vehicles while you wait for the once-over. It's quite an eye opener. The road can suddenly turn into a formula one racetrack just as quickly as not, as this is SUVland again, and everyone feels the need to demonstrate their ability to push down the rightmost pedal. Lots of VWs here, and Fiats (Mille?) Occasionally a completely out-of-place sighting of a full sized American pickup, but mostly Mitsubishi/Toyota 4x4x4 travelling at 150km/h ...

... felt the fish bite, I would yank the bamboo rod up, causing the fish and line to go catapulting out of the water and pendulum swing over our heads. At this point most of my catches would then fly off the hook back into the river, leaving a hazardous metal weapon swinging back at me and Cameron, usually just missing his eyes. I did manage to get one or two to drop into the boat, but was too scared to grab their flip flopping bodies to put them either in the bucket or back in ...

... a black collared hawk as we approached the hotel though, which softened the blow a bit... <br><br> <br><br>Either side of the trail it was pretty wet!<br><br> <br><br>The hot water here is powered by solar cells on the roof and as we've had no clear sun ...

... testemunho pessoal, de como foi alcançado para Cristo na universidade, quando era estudante e fez um desafio de fé. Todos nós nos levantamos e fizemos um grande círculo, onde pudemos orar pelas universidades e para que mais estudantes assumissem um compromisso de levar o evangelho de Cristo aos colegas de turma. Em seguida fomos todos para o refeitório da igreja. Fizemos um pequeno coquetel para recepcioná-los, conhec ...