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Barranquilla I met with my friend Rosita, who lived on my floor in Warren Towers my freshman year at BU, but she lives in Barranquilla. It was great to spend time with her and get to know her friends. Rosita is in the green shirt.
In Rosita´s backyard she had all sorts of trees with fruits. We got some of the coconuts from the palm trees and ate and drank fresh coconut. Yummmm. As soon as I get back to the states I´m planting a palm tree so I can have fresh coconut whenever I want.
After Barranquilla I took a 15 hour bus overnight from Barranquilla to Medellin (see map above). In Medellin I stayed with my mom´s friend´s cousins. Colombians are some of the nicest people I have ever met and they did so much to make sure I was always happy and safe.
My first day in Medellin I explored the city taking the Metro from one site to the next. The Metro was amazingly fast and efficient (way better than the T). It even had a gondola as part of the system to get people to their houses in the mountains.
My second day in Medellin I hung out with Sebastian, one of the cousins. He took me with his friends to play paintball which was really fun.
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After paintball we all went out to play the traditional Colombian game of Tejo. This game is kind of like horse shoes except instead of horse shoes you throw tejos which are like heavy metal paperweights, and instead of a pole you´re shooting for mechos, which are triangle pieces filled with explosives. Another important part of tejo is to be drinking cervezas the entire time you play.
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We played for a long time with no one hitting the mechos. The old men next to us who actually knew what they were doing were really entertained by how bad we were. I never hit a mecho, so finally in the end I went right up to it and overhand threw my tejo at the triangle. I missed like 8 times before finally getting an explosion.
We hiked up to the top and all around us were beautiful lakes and rivers.
We went for a refreshing swim in the river, and then got back in the car to finish up the long drive to Bogotá.
In Bogotá Alexander dropped me off at my mom´s friend Laura´s house. I stayed with Laura´s family before, and like all other kind Colombian´s they welcomed me back into their home with open arms.
A lot of the gold in the museum was made by indigenous people before the Spanish arrived. My favorite part was seeing the gold that was found in the Lost City.
Wow, so much to comment on! Well first of all, looks like lots of fun! But also what gorgeous sites! Piedro de Penal and those stairs in the side of it! what is that, a mesa? a large rock formation? The river looks gorgeous too!
ReplyDeleteIt definitely must have been really cool to see the gold found at the lost city since you'd seen the lost city! VERY neat and certainly not something most people can say they've done / seen! And those sunset pics are gorgeous, the sky truly does appear to be on fire! Very cool.
I thought that dog WAS a sheep until i read the caption!!!