after the bordercrossing i went from ipiales to Cali. and stayed in Cali for about 2 days. actually in Cali is absolutely nothing to do. the city centre is nice, but easily doable in about 5 hours. the most fun stuff in Cali is happening in the outskirt of the city. but hey i`m kinda short in time. the only thing that i regret that i didnt took a salsa lessons in the salsa capital of Colombia. I only want to learn the step, other people already said to me that i had the swing :D.
after Cali i went to Bogota (so right now i have been in all capitals, yess). the zone of candelaria is reallyt interesting with the beautiful palaces and the colonial houses. well because of miscomunication i didn`t see my friends from bogota. but instead i met another one on my bus to Cartagena (like quito, bogota is cold :P). Colombia is now one of my favourite countries. they are really working hard to polish up their bad image and right now definetly much better for travellers.
The big walls of Cartagena is really amazing. despite all of the afford to made such huge walls the pirates still able to breaked through. but the pirates of carribean feeling is still present. also the small streets with the colourful houses and the balconies are really beautiful. i really want to live / build equal houses, really love it. and maybe if the heat is not to opressing i could definetly live in cartagena. because not so far from cvartagena there is a chain of island with turqoise water, white sand and palm trees. spent amazing days in islas del rosario and snorkelling in Playa Blanca was absolutely the bomb.
Not far from Cartagena there is Santa Marta/ Taganga, the sea is really tranquille and it`s where i spent the last days of my trip. basically it was lying down on the beach, swimming and drink fruit juices. just trying to enjoy of the beautiful carribean as long as it last. the beautiful sunset was also an unforgetable memory of the place.
the following story is not suited for persons under 18 / parents advise is obligatory.
the magical last night in Colombia was a blur.... luckily i didn`t hurt myself. typing this page is still a bit hard for me. well i`ll uncover a bit of it in the end of the page. but the details i will tell you when i come back home ;).
here come the story:
well i`m not talking about the ¨Polvo Colombiano¨ or ¨yerba Jamaicana¨ or ¨pastilles de amsterdam¨ because you could get it everywhere in the world. But it`s something that`s closer to the magic mushroom in holland. It`s a halucinogenic flower that was also used by the shamans, and native to colombia (and it`s legal i heard) . well the guys in the hostel who went to the Lost city picked some of the flowers and made a brew of it. the final product is a tea that has similar taste with the chinese jasmin tea. 2 cups were supposed to be sufficient to feel any effect (the 3rd cup was suicidal). well after a while i started to get a really dry mouth and starting to feel really drunk and very very sleepy, when i decfided to go to bed. and after that well... sequence of things that might be happened or maybe only happened in my head. the effect last for really long time tho because it was about 2 days ago and im still feeling really weary (or maybe it was also the bus trip, Santa Marta - Caracas). I think the shamans were really strong men to handle the effect. luckily i didnt see anything scary, because other guy seen things like tentacles and stuffs. well that was once in lifetime experience because i don`t really like the side effects.
abrazo
Ch´
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