Day 37 Salento

Blogging whilst in Colombia has been both rewarding – comments from all you lovely people - as well as a burden. Competition for computer time with Rob in a country that sometimes has sketchy internet is at times problematic.  As Rob is a dedicated blogger as well as someone who doesn’t read fiction, (a big filler of time in my day), please see his/our mutual blog for the most up-to-date shenanigans: http://robamysouthamerica.blogspot.com.  He is also more thorough and talks about aspects that I overlook. Here he is researching!

I am pleased to say I am in a happy place right now. At the present moment we are sitting pretty in Salento – a lovely mountain town with a good mix of gringos and Colombians. Our accommodation is fantastic - I say this after a solid eight hour sleep. Inhabiting a century old house, the hostel is a new, clean modern guesthouse with all the frills.

The giant courtyard is overflowing with a tropical garden and our private room is decked with wood finishings, a duvet and reading lights! I have never appreciated reading lights so much in my life. The overhead compact fluorescent bulbs – sans fixture - are blinding and as common in Colombia as mystery meat (and just as harsh).

 

 

We have decided to spend two full rest days here as it is the last of mountain towns for a while. We are going downhill – for like two full days!

The last few weeks have been pretty tiring, but once we finally wrapped our heads around the fact that we physically can’t do the big days we have done in the past, (because of the mountainous terrain), things have dramatically improved.

 

 

We (I) also seem to be dealing better with...Uuummm...digestion. I hate to be blunt here – but how digestion works whilst travelling can make or break the experience. Although our bodies are almost constantly begging for food, consuming it often seems to instigate bowel issues - for me anyway. This has lead to a disturbing amount of Doritos, packaged cookies and French fries – do not fear mother, I also eat a mango every day just to get some vitamins.J

Veggies will be the star performer on my dinner plate tonight – we have access to a kitchen – so finding veggies and a coffee farm are on the agenda for today.

 

Oh, and for soccer fans, Colombia has advanced towards the World Cup – they beat Ecuador 1 nil! It was something like 1998 since they have come this far and boy did Colombians celebrate! Rob was very good at capturing the moments, so I will let him write more about it.

 

On one last note - Happy Birthday Mom! I will eat some packaged cookies in your honour. xo