Today I had to be up early as ChuCho was kindly giving me a lift out to Rionegro to my hosts place. We left the house at about 7am and made an hour stop in a small town just outside of Medellin - I wondered around and killed an hour waiting. Next we headed out to Rionegro - ChuCho dropped me off I thanked him and said our goodbyes. My host Elizabeth had to go into the town for a few meetings so I joined her and whilst she was in her meetings I wondered around the...

Today I didn't have too much planned so I had a bit of a sleep-in before starting on some Spanish Study. After yesterday I am feeling motivated to learn Spanish. Both Ana and Jesus are at work today so I went for a bit of a walk around the local area, up the mountain, around the streets and down the small alleyways. The sun was out and it was nice just to enjoy a peaceful environment - quite different to that of many of the other cities I have visited in Colombia...

Today there was no real plan so I got up early, did my yoga, checked my emails and relaxed a bit. Ana was cooking up a big feast today for lunch but as she had been out all night who knows when of if that would happen. So at about 11am I decided to go for a walk into the city. I followed the river down the hill and they had closed off the middle lane of the highway for walkers,cyclists, skateboarders and rollerbladers. This has to be my favorite thing about Medel...

Today was to be an action packed day so I was up early, unfortunately my hosts decided to sleep-in until 11am so I say around waiting for them to wake. First thing we did was head to the markets, a huge market just down the road from where I was staying. I really wanted to have a look around but my hosts just wanted to buy there vegetables and get out, which was a real shame as I believe this was one of the biggest markets in Colombia. The prices were not cheap e...

Waking up in Rionegro on a small hobby farm surrounded by horses, dogs, birds chirping and a beautiful green landscape is exactly what I needed. We walked out Elizabeth's back door and picked guava, figs and bananas- tea? Yes please 'well pick some fresh chamomile, mint or lemon grass'. This place is truly heaven; 50 meters from the house there is a small lake full of fish that later in the week when I come back I will go fishing at. Later in the morning I did so...