Nevada Cali

... work out. Sometimes we have to search for a good WiFi connection for awhile or, as in this case, leave a town we would like to stay in because it doesn´t have a decent connection. This problem, which doens´t happen often, is one of our biggest dilemas on this trip. If this is the toughest issue we have in our life things are going pretty good!

So we moved on... such is life.

... back to town and got a bus back to Cali. I always manage to end up sitting next to the drunk guys on buses. The guy was pretty funny, but three hours was about all I could take. So glad to finally get off the bus.
I arrived back at about 10pm. Poor form by me as I think Irenes parents were slightly worried about me, so I called from the terminal and apologised for being a stupid gringo, caught a taxi home and went to bed. Tomorrow its off to Popayan and San Agustin!

... not what we had expected at all. We had a really nice meal at a gourmet pizza restaurant, not far from the hostel, and went to bed. Both of us were feeling ill, I was feeling better than I had done in Pasto, though Daniella had started to feel ill too, getting a rash and having headaches. So we decided to go to the doctor and find out what was wrong with us. We found out there was a clinic not far from the hostel, so ...

Eigentlich wollte ich ja als erste Stadt in Kolumbien Popayan besuchen wurde aber nix draus weil ich ja ne halbe Ewigkeit an der Grenze verbracht habe und da es ¨das Salsa Festival¨ in Cali gab, der Welthauptstadt des Salsas, dachte ich mir bin ich lieber einen Tag vorher da um noch nen Bett im Hostal zu bekommen,was wie sich spÄter rausstellte eine recht gute Idee war! Cali ist einer der größten Städte in Kolumbien und definitiv ¨happening¨. Nur so nebenbei: Cali hatte ...

... on the job, and that battler of a running mate surely has developed a few cringing sympathy ballots..... my god... "maybe we can give her the "Most Improved" award this year". Politics is surely developing into my World Cup. The ultimate game spread out over months. A bit like cricket for the Americans. "5 days and they still tied???". It´s always the sports nuts that declare politics to be so boring, but our interests are so similar. Love of the ...

... future. The only thing worse is when things like that involve kids. Deep down however part of me knew she liked it. Vanity and sex appeal here as a totally different place in society. Fake boobs or not, this is Cali and I think games are played with different rules. If only I had taken a picture, then I'd have proof. Cali isn't a particularly nice city. Aesthetic beauty seems much more focused on plastic surgery and personal looks than on the curb appeal of streets ...

... Needless to say all the locals laughed and shunned all our requests for directions and we nearly didn't get into the club. The club wasn't up to much anyway...a bit of dancing and alot of blokes standing at the side of the walls. I called it a night by 12.30am and after a long, staggering and arduous walk back to the hotel Nelly I realised Nelly's house was dark and locked...me not having a key this posed a problem. An hour of banging on the door followed but no joy. I was destined ...

... little ants, no saran wrap or foil, and most of the stuff is kept at room temperature. But if you're adventurous as me, you'd try almost anything. My all-time favorite?? Arepas de maiz con queso! Yum!! You can get one off of a street vendor for 500 pesos. I paid up to 1,500 pesos for one but still it is less than a dollar. Drink it with grape soda or mango juice in milk and you're all set. My family decided to make some ...

... for I knew they´d let me pose with an M-16 or AK-47, unlike the police and army whom I´d pestered numerous times about lending me their machine gun so I could take a personal Rambo picture. I even got in an argument with one guy who told me how happy the Colombian army was to receive funds and weapons from my country. "Well I´m a taxpayer in teh U.S. so in reality I helped pay for that gun over your shoulder. Just let me borrow it for one ...

... headed back to cali (took 4 hours, as the bus stopped at numerous places) and had two really nice colombian guys sitting next to me, who were travelling to pasto, where there's a couple of beautiful lakes in the nearby area. i was kicking myself when they invited me to join them, as i so wanted to go but i just don't have the time. would have been quite fun to go camping with them...damn!