when i first got here i spent 5 days in Bogota (Colombia´s capital) i was staying my friend Elsy´s sister. I was lucky in Bogota because Julian Elsy´s nephew speaks very good English and showed me around Bogota and taught me a little Spanish. In Bogota i really liked walking around the markets and trying to talk down prices one shop keeper loved that i wouldn´t pay full price for something he told me i will do well in Colombia because nothing costs the first price given. Downtown Bogota was pretty cool – so many people walking around. unfortunately i missed the juggling club i wanted to go to but there is always next time. Julian took took me to Zipaquira a town that has a famous church which is inside a salt mine – it was really amazing. they have carved out huge halls and giant crosses all out of salt. in Bogota i discovered chorizo - chorizo is like the best sausage i have ever had. i gave the chorizo man a Canadian pin and he gave me free chorizo what a trade!! yesterday i set out to Chinacuta, my buss left at 7 so i was at five – YUK. the distance to Chinacuta is maybe a little further than going to Montreal from Toronto, but it takes 14 hours to get here because of the Andes. The long trip was well worth it. I got to see a lot of the country, the would go from high mountain grass lands to tropical little villages in an hour than back up in the mountains again. Chinacota is a great little town, the people are sooo nice. every where i go some one is going out of their way to make feel at home, even though my Spanish is horrible and i make very little sense when i talk to people. I feel like everyone is excited to me and hang out with me. If i juggle or unicycle here the kids crowd around me and the older peopl give me beer. the other night i went my first fiesta it was awesome sitting around a bar drinking so much and dancing with Colombian woman – the streets get filled with people dancing and drinking.
I don´t really have to much more to say but will give an out line of some my plans for the future. Tomorrow or the next day i´m going to go to Boyaca - the area has lots of little village with tons of Spanish architecture. Then i´m coming back to Chinacuta and and from there going to San Cristabol (Venezuela)with Armando to watch bull fighting. after that i´m going to Caribbean coast to party, listen to some Colombian music and check out the big mountains. After that i´m heading back south to Bogota for a wedding and to meet up with my friend Conni (from Toronto) and might go to Cali to see this circus school.
