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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Salento, Colombia Day 1

A friend of mine who I met while in the Republic Georgia teaching told me to come visit her in Colombia.  She told me what city she was in and we met.  She brought along a couple  of other teacher friends and we went to a town called Salento.   it was absolutely gorgeous! It was so green and there were so many wonderful views.  We started out by eating at a delicious vegetarian restaurant.   Then we went to get the  infamous peanut butter brownie. It was heaven on a plate.  Then we made our way to a coffee finca for a tour,but once we got there, the company said they were done for the day.  We were a bit annoyed because it took us over an hour just to walk there and now we just had to turn back around.  The highlight for my friend was seeinga picture of her boyfriend's brother on the company's poster.  It was quite random.   We returned to the town and went to a bar to play a local game where you must throw clay disks at a ring with mini gun powder triangles.  It was a fun game and we actually stayed out longer than expected.   It was a wonderful first day in Salento.

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the mini restaurant

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main plaza of the town

on our way to the coffee finca

great views

starting to see some coffee plants

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one of the dogs at the hostel

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bottle caps everywhere

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the winning team

where we played the game

Cali, Colombia (HOT, HOT, HOT)

I arrived in Cali super early in the morning and took a taxi to my friend's house. Unfortunately the taxi driver didnt turn on the meter, so he was able to cheat me. It wasn't the best introduction to the city.  Later that day i went with 2 turkish girls to San Antonio.   It was in a cool part of the city.  Then at night i went with my friend to a tango club she worked at. It was so cool to watch people who really know how to tango.  The next day my friend and i went on a super long walk in the city with her 3 dogs.  At the end of the walk we ate cholado.  It was delicious!  Cali is a super hot city! Normally i like to explore around the city that im staying in, but the heat didnt motivate me at all.  Then i took a bus to go to Pereira.  The shuttle had free wifi and got me there in just 2.5 hours.   


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new fruit

Our giant juices

Menu of the day

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In the bar/club

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Fallen flower petals

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Dogs too tired from the walk so took transportation back

Where i stayed

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