"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." -- Mark Twain The above is one of my favorite quotes because I have always believed in its sentiment wholeheartedly. And while I believe in it just as much, if not more so, since spending time here in Colombia, I was surprised to also feel that my corner of the earth isn't so bad, and in fact, can be pretty great. Perhaps these longing thoughts of home were occuring, not coincidently, this morning when we awoke, ate another hearty, warming breakfast, and prepared to hit the road for Bogota, only to be delayed by
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