colombia in 16 days in Medellín now, with a purring siamese cat on my lap. He woke me up at mid-day, after a good 8 hour sleep (rumba, rumba, rumba), by jumping on my bed and curling up next to me, purring like a little engine.
I started this trip in Cartagena, dazzled by the discrepancy of 36% extremely poor inhabitants of the city, and the beautiful colonial inner city and lavish cruise ships with respective passengers. My wonderful hosts taught me how to make arroz con coco, served me huge plates of fruit, and enveloped me in their true caribbean spirit. Until I covered myself against the over-airconditioned overnight bus to Bucaramanga, passing through Colombia towards the Venezuelan boarder.  ¶ 10:10 PM