Tomato Faced!!

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Hey Everyone,

We just got back to Bogota from an amazing trip to Villa de Leyva. It is a beautiful little village about 3 hours from Bogota where we rode horses, drank wine in the cobblestone plaza, and fell in love with all of the surprisingly robust homeless dogs.

The highlight was, however, the tomato fight in Sutamarchan, a tiny village 20 minutes away from Villa de Leyva. It was a full-blown, no-mercy tomato war in the middle of a football field. The tomatoes were soft, smelly, and surprisingly warm. Everyone involved in the tomato massacre ended up completely covered from head to toe in tomato goop. After the fight, the local fire department hosed all of the participants down. However, even all of that hosing could not remove the bits of tomato from our ears, hair, and (somehow) our underwear.

After the fight, we hung out with the locals and drank beer and ate meat (which was smoked on site) with them. The Colombians could not believe that we had come all the way from Canada to see their village. They were most welcoming, and went out of their way to show us a good time. We danced our way into the night with our new friends and their families, tomatoe hair and all...

Tomorrow we are going to check out a museum in Bogota that is currently exhibiting Andy Warhol orignals. It should be fun!

Also, stay tuned for some photos. We do not currently have any from the tomato fight, as we did not want to ruin our camera, but some friends of ours were smart enough to carry a disposable camera, so we are waiting on those.

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Comments

[Dad]

In my mind the tomato fight as you described it was alone worth the cost of your trip. Everything else will be a bonus.