Cali, Popayán and San Agustin - Colombia
It's been a while since my last post, partly due to endless late nights in Cali, and partly due to being sick of late. The first of which probably caused the latter.
Known as the world capital of salsa, I thought it would be rude to not sign up for some classes upon arriving in Cali. This was probably my best opportunity to try to improve my dancing skills, and since almost every nightclub in Cali is a salsa club, I didn't really have too much choice if I wanted to go out. Yet, after heading out to a popular salsa club one night, I lost any smidgin of confidence I had in my abilities after my first class, from watching the locals fly through all different kinds of moves at a million miles per hour. I ended up taking a few more classes and improved somewhat, yet still have a lot of work left if I'd ever want to mix it with the latinos.
Unfortunately after leaving Cali I started to become ill, which involved a dodgy stomach (probably from the food/water), and a sore neck (probably from bad hostel beds) which I'm still getting over. It seems as though later on in this trip, its taking longer to shake these kind of things.
On Sunday I took the bus to Popayán, and joined in with the newly started city walking tour the next day. The highlight for me of course being a restaurant we stopped by to try out some local delicacies.
It seemed everyone in the dorm room in Popayán was sick, so I wasn't keen to spend much time there. But unfortunately, the road to San Agustin is underdeveloped to say the least, so I felt every bump, twist and turn in my stomach and neck. Luckily the hostel, Casa de Nelly, was a great place to spend a few days recovering.