Colombia

I´m in Colombia right now on a non-climbing (although I did take my climbing shoes just in case, but so far I haven´t found any big enough rocks) vacation. I´m visiting my parents who have a house out here in Santa Marta and are here for 3 months during the winter. I´m having a great time, I´ve been here for a week and a half and have a few days left, though I wish I had longer. My parents´property in up in the hills, so its not quite as hot as in the city (but its still in the 90s every day), it feels very tropical up here. There are all sorts of tropical plants on their property ranging from banana and lime trees to cocoa and cotton. They also have an acre or two of rainforest-type jungle with a river running through it, its really wild! Its also been great spending time with some of my relatives on my mum´s side, my aunt mariaeugenia and my uncle moises and his family. But by far my favourite thing I´ve done here is to go scuba divivng with my dad. We´ve both got our advanced open water qualifications and have logged over 50 dives each, but it had been almost 8 years since the last time I went scuba diving. I don´t why I haven´t been in so long, becasue I loved it! Its an awesome feeling to be totally weightless under water and to be able to explore in 3D. The visibility was great and there was really interesting coral teeming with all kinds of tropical fish. I loved every minute of it! We are going again on Monday, and I can hardly wait!

Here are some photos of Colombia I´ve taken so far.

A common sight here is to see carts pulled by horses or donkeys, they sell fresh fruit and vegetables for cheap. Here my mum and dad get a dozen oranges for only 40 cents.

This is my dads house after he put on a new door, my mums house is much nicer.

Me and my dad on the boat about to go diving. Don´t be fooled by the rock in the background I checked it out and its crumbly.A walk up the road from our place is ´Agua Viva´ and ecological park that has a lot of the local wildlife (in cages) and jungle, it was a really cool place, and the guide helped us identify a lot of the plants we have growing on our property.A Cayman at Agua Viva.