Andres had the day off school and Laura went sick, so the 4 of us could head to SantaFé de Antioquia via the Rio Cauca, en route we went to here we went on two cable cars across the valley. The cable car was free to travel and was installed by the government to help the local farmers distribute their crops to the town. We past through a couple of small towns to get to Rio Cauca bridge but when we got to the bridge we discovered that it was closed to cars. So An...

16th July Another relaxing day at the house...we really are getting too comfortable here!!!! We go through the usual routine of washing, dressing and having breakfast, Mark spends a majority of the morning on the laptop saving our photos onto a memory stick that Andres very kindly brought us so we could back up our photos, while I carried on reading 50 shades of (crap) Grey. We are quietly sitting here for most of the morning minding our own business and drinki...

I managed to get 3 hours sleep before waking up and realisng Mark wasn´t back to our room yet...he must still be in the kitchen drinking I thought, then I realised the house was silent so I got up and had a nose around and I was right the party had stopped and everyone was in bed or asleep in various parts of the house!!!!....but where was Mark????? I knew he would be somewhere drinking still and couldn´t have gone far so I decided not to worry and try and get ...

14th July Apparently our body clocks aren't aware that we went out last night so we are up surprisingly early and had granola and banana for breakfast. There isn't much planned for today as Andres has a wedding to attend and Laura has her final hair styling class in Medellin, so we hitch a ride into the city with them so we can go to the SantaFe shopping mall (it's the biggest in south America, ...so we're told). Stopping en route for a Burger King (Marks choic...

Stevie's Birthday We wake up to find a birthday card, flowers and sweets outside our door for Stevie's Birthday from the family. They are so nice! When we venture down stairs we discover that they have decorated the kitchen in birthday banners, balloons and are preparing breakfast. It's a nice start for Stevie's birthday. After breakfast she gets a birthday cake, we sing happy birthday and she gets to make a wish. For the day we head to a Mall, walk through Pre...