Colombian Caribian chillin

I just spent a few days on the caribe of columbia. That does good things for a body. Found some really sick body surfing, some of the best of my trip, maybe the best! The beaches were amazing. You had to hike in a few miles in to Park Tayrona. Oh man...then you just relax, and sleep in hammocks. Anyone who misses columbia is sure missing a lot. I know that it could be dangerous, but it doesn´t feel like that at all, and the people are amazingly friendly.

Columbia is a dream
where all you wishes come true
a place of immense freedom
that floods into you
catching waves while watching the sunset
walking thru the jungle at night to see where you will get

I had a cool adventure last night. I met a girl that was in another camp about 40 minutes walk across beaches and thru jungle. I didn´t have much going on, so I tried to make it there. I ran into this couple also headed there, a place called, Paraiso, or paradise. How fitting...anyway their light was out, so we used mine to guide all of us. It would´ve been a nightmare to do with no light! So we all made it there, trecking across beaches, our feet getting wet because the tide was really high. I had my guitar too, which I played sometimes when we walked on the beach, cause I didn´t need to use the light. Finally we get there. I never found my friend--all the lights were off, it was late, and impossible to find anyone. So I just hung out a little, then started back. They gave me another battery, because mine was dying. I start back alone...they had warned me of these small yellow green snakes which are the most important and which come out at night, so it´s dangerous to walk at night, especially alone. And I thought, hey, all our lives are like that, there are these little snakes which could bite you and do you lots of damage. Then I thought, no not really...a lot of people don´t quite live with that danger. But maybe you have other fears like that, you see. Anyway, I didn´t find myself too concerned about it.

It was so cool walking back to my camp. The stars were bright that night. The waves came up and lapped my feet. Finally I got back and there I was. The adventure was all in the journey.

It´s like now, I´m heading to Rio de Janero, but it´s all in the journey isn´t it. Destinations are only an excuse for adventure, and every destination is a destiny. I´m sure when I get to rio it will be really cool, we´re going to make a cool album, just me, Ariel, and Leo...and I´ll live there a while. But I´m saving the best for last. Though I kinda feel that columbia is my favorite so far, and usually I wouldn´t say I have favorites with countries. Every one is different. But here I´ve been having such a good time. Anyway, just a few minutes left, and I´m off with my buddy chase to togango to do some diving tomorrow. Chase told me to think of what people back home were doing, and I just can´t imagine. It´s tuesday and this is what we´re doing. No it´s wednesday. I dno´t even know the day. Anyway, we have parties planned for tomorrow, etc etc. And i just....wow.

Until later!

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