The heat lastnight was beyond describable and even with the window open I absolutely cooked and barely managed to close my eyes all night. We had to be up early anyways as we were off hiking today with two of Khris's friends. At 8am we caught a bus into the city and met the two friends- one could speak some, one could not but they were both lovely girls. We took a bus about an hour out of the city to this little sanctuary. The first part of the hike involved clim...

The heat is really starting to get to me up here on the Caribbean Coast and today I woke in a pool of sweat. The good thing though is my stomach has settled and I am starting to feel a little better. This morning Khris and I caught a bus to downtown where we went to the fruit and vegetable market - quiet a dangerous place I have been told and I could see Khris was very uncomfortable here so we brought a few things and got out. I really wanted to find avocado at a...

Waking early and with not much sleep I struggled out of bed at 5am did my exercises, ate breakfast and crawled back into bed. At about 9am Khris got up so I joined her for some fresh melon juice and Planton (her Father had made earlier). I started feeling really ill and my body began to ache very similar to the feeling of food poisoning. For this reason and because of the rain we spent most of the day relaxing. Khris cooked up some delicious fish for lunch and I ...

Today I had the whole morning to myself to pack, organize and rest up a little before heading to Barranquilla later in the afternoon. At midday Ana came back and cooked a very nice lunch consisting of chicken, mushrooms, beans and olives - we chatted a little bit and then it was time to head into the city and catch a bus to Barranquilla. We said our goodbyes and I caught the first minivan heading to the bus terminal, from there I caught a bus to Barranquilla - 2 ...

Today I woke to a crazy thunder and lightening storm and an almost torrential downpour of rain. Certainly not normal for this time of the year and the city was in no way prepared for the sudden downpour. All the roads infront of the apartment flooded and by 9am all traffic, people and business had come to a stop. It was quite a site to see - 2 foot of water rushing down the street, cars broken down and people pushing their motorbikes. When the rain had stopped An...