Street Party!! Having over spent by a lot the previous day due to lesson and too many taxis we had no money to do anything with today if we hoped to go out with Jacqui this evening and also being a bit tired from the exertions of the day before (we had also practised a bit back at the hostel) we spent a lazy day on the computer, writing blogs, I chatted with Matt for an hour or so on skype, generally not doing much until it was time to make dinner and get read...

First Cali style lesson. After going out to buy some French bread at a bakery behind the hostel we sat down to break fast of bread, jam, pineapple and a blackberry smoothie, feeling quite full (and healthy for a change!!) we decided to get some some blogs up to date before our first lesson in cali style. We had been informed that it 'not possible' to walk to where our lesson would be, we're not sure if this is because it's dangerous or they think it's too far,...

Cali Woke up around 10 today and immediately set about finding the cheapest places to stay in Cali. Colombia turns out to be really expensive compared with everywhere else we have been in South America so far, most dorm bed are over $10 and we simply couldn't afford to spend that kind of money, eventually after most of the morning was gone we managed to negotiate a deal with our current hostel, they offered us a 20% discount as we are staying for 3 weeks (they...

Crossing the border We got up a little later than planned but were ready quickly and after a short sojourn to the panaderia around the corner where we bought some breakfast we were ready to be off. We grabbed a taxi to the border for $3.50 and were surprised when it took over 20 minutes to get there even though its supposedly only 5km away. When we arrived it was all hustle and bustle with people and taxis all over the place and little stalls selling the usual...