After a long bus day, I finally arrived in Jardin, which is this quaint little town in the middle of the moutains of Colombia. The bus ride was absolutely stunning, the vast coffee trees and scenery was just breathtaking, I loved the ride. Arrived at my hostel, Sergeant Peppers and ran into the same group that I had seen at Dreamers in Palomino (doing Kareoke) from the UK (funny bunch). I knew I didn't have much time before sunset so I dropped off my stuff and went to the square where there was this magical basilica church with a garden in the middle and locals sitting outside drinking and talking. Kind of reminded my of Europe in a small way, but more cowboy-style. I found, the deeper I went into Colombia, the more cowboy-style locals were and different looking Colombians than in the city. Definitely a difference in the look. I got a beer at one of the bars in the square and then went to this Italian restaurnt close by for some pesto pasta! Went back to the hostel and talked with the host, Sebastian who gave me some pointers on the tour I was doing the next day to this waterfall cave. We ended up hanging out and chatting all night and went to bed a little later than expected. Woke up to go on the tour by 9am and met a gay couple from Medellin, another couple from San Diego (living in Tel Aviv) and another couple from Puerto Rico. It was a cool experience riding on the back of a jeep up these moutains with one of the guys from Medellin. We talked about our relationships and local gems of Colombia and just random things along the way there and back (which took about 30-45 minutes each way...we had to go the long way because there was a small avalanche). We arrived at the top and were greated with a nice snack of corn flatbread with salsa and a nice yummu hot tea. Went on the hike to the cave waterfall and it was so cool! Nothing I've seen before. Got back and were greeted with a ball of potato-like snack and a nice berry drink (can't remember the name because it's local and we don't have it in the US). Made it back to the town around 1 and I went to have a local lunch which was absolutely delicious! It was somewhat of a "ajiaco" which is a soup with yuka and corn and beef, with a side of salad, avacado and rice. It was everything I needed and more! I was going to try to make it to a coffee tour but it was too much so I went to this cafe that was recommended and I got a Chai latte and chilled out for a bit. Went back and did some yoga and then went to dinner and had a nice light meal since I had such a big eating day already. I did some computer stuff and tried to go to bed early, but it was a Friday night so everyone was out and about. I sat out on the balcony like I had the night before and then finally watching a Netflix show for the first time and went to bed since I had to be up and ready by 8am for Salento!