Interesting Notes
We all had a fantastic trip that was jam packed with adventure. As my mom said, I will need another vacation to rest from this vacation. Luckily Christmas break is only a week away. We experienced, saw, ate, and felt so many different things during this trip. We made note of a few of the differences...
La Ceja
Another less stressful morning. Today is Simon’s dad, Ruben’s birthday. Once everyone woke up we had “fruit salad” which was chopped tropical fruit and orange juice. Another version of arepa with quesito is on the right, and the doughnut thing is pan de queso. We drove out to Simon’s home town, La c...
Pueblito Paisa
Satiago and Georgia had to go to a wedding on Saturday so we packed up our bags to stay at Simons. Breakfast was rice, beans, egg, and meat. We took an Uber to Simons and regrouped. We went out to the commercial center where there are a ridiculous amount of stores. Shoes are the main item being sold...
Guatape
Today we traveled out to Guatapé. We stopped on the way for Pastel de pollo and empanadas. It was a few hour drive through lots of winding roads in the mountains. The original city is now underwater from when a dam was created for hydropower. It is a neat layout of the city on islands surrounded by...
Paragliding
Whew. What a Monday! Lots was packed in and we still got up early. Today we headed up to a paragliding area. The road up was incredibly steep and quite amazing to drive up. The views from the mountain were amazing, the city just sprawls through the valley. It was all of our first times paragliding a...
Comuna 13
Today we had a homemade breakfast called arepas. We then visited Santiago’s fathers house that is being renovated. We took the bus system over to a fruit market called minorista. Here they have lots of vendors with everything from food, drink, fruits, and regular house items. We had a fun time tryin...
Into Colombia
A long day of traveling. Flights were delayed at departure or entry, but all flights were made. We had stops in Dallas and Miami. The Miami airport is huge, had to walk across most of it. Made it to the plane as the last peoples. Then we had to wait 1 hr and 30 min for maintenance and 12 other plane...