8 Mar 2018 (Salento, Colombia): The main town in the area is called Salento. It’s really touristy but in the best possible way. It’s cute, the tourist infrastructure is good (e.g. cabs appear to be run by some kind of collective of middle-aged men driving souped up jeeps called “Willys” and every ride is flat-rate […]
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Day 61
7 Mar 2018 (Valle de Corcora, Colombia): This is a real place. These are real trees. This is the middle of an actual hike that we’re doing. And here’s a link to a song I keep hearing around Colombia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whdnNvybrF4
Day 60
6 Mar 2018 (Finca El Ocaso, Salento, Colombia): We’re staying at an honest-to-goodness coffee farm. They grow, dry, roast, grind, and serve all right here. They also do tours in English. Our flight was delayed, but we make it just in time for the 2pm. And those little yellow guys are ripe, pickable, magnificant coffee […]
Day 59
5 Mar 2018 (Medellin, Colombia): There’s so much construction and beautification and infrastructure being built in this city and especially in our neighborhood. Here they’re prepping charging stations for electric vehicles, and in the back of this photo, there’s a man using the longest yellow pole I’ve ever seen to hook a rope tied very […]
Day 58
4 Mar 2018 (Medellin, Colombia): A friend of a friend, Johan (on the left), took us on a roadtrip out to Rio Negro (~1hr) along with his fiancee (Marcela on the right) and their two friends for a proper Bandeja Paisa meal. They are such gracious hosts, and here we are digesting at a dessert […]
Day 57
3 Mar 2018 (Medellin, Colombia): I took a break from computer-y things (mostly reading about the implementation details of the new bitcoin lightning network) all day to join Leah for a beer at one of our many local watering holes (she went out and saw Ladybird). We caught another Atlético Nacional game (this one was […]