My final few days in Colombia have flown by… I was in Bucaramanga for a few days, a small but pleasant city filled with parks and university students, and extremelllyyy delicious pineapples. I then caught a flight to Bogota, and TBH, I was not initially impressed… perhaps I was influenced by other people’s negative perceptions of the city, but it was grimy and cold and not nearly as pretty as all the other places I’ve visited.

WHEW--it's been a couple of action packed days in San Gil, pronounced San HEEL, not San GIL (gringo pronunciation) Rough Guide's #1 recommendation for "What not to miss in Colombia." I actually wasn't on planning on going, but after meeting two separate groups of English girls who raved about the place, I changed my mind (por que no?) 

Sooooooo it's been a fun few daysss traveling to Popayan and San Agustin. To be perfectly honest, the places are not the mostttt exciting...  They're both pretty but tiny towns. There were lots of churches in Popayan and old ruins at San Agustin, but at this point, I'm kinda over churches and the ruins were cool but they're still super mysterious (aka there's not a lot of info about them) i did enjoy my time, though especially since I met two super awesome German guys on my walk to the hostel in Popayan

For the first time in about a month, I have a room alll to myself. AHHH--the simple pleasures in life :) I'm currently in Cali, Colombia, staying with a native Calieno, Juan, whose a friend of a friend (HI IRV!) He has a gorgeous apartment overlooking the city and offered to let me crash in one of his spare rooms. I, of course, took him up on his offer since I love staying with locals whenever i can.  I wasn't actually planning on going as south as Cali when I initially planned my trip, but I started reading Que Viva la Musica! by Andres Caicdeo which is all about the debauchery in Cali and heard about a cat park and a nearby town called San Cipriano so I changed my mind and hopped on a bus (ahh solo traveling.. so nice to be able to do what you want, when you want)

Hola! It’s been a busy few days traveling around the coffee region with limited access to Wi-Fi, which has been both a curse and a blessing. I'm currently in Cali, but I was hanging out in Salento for a few days. It's a spectacularly beautiful town located in the coffee region.  It was supposed to take 4 hours from Medellin, but it ended up taking 7 (ahh Colombian time!)