colombia

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Rock hard bed and no air conditioner, crick in my neck and lack of sleep, what a joy my first night. Last night was difficult the comfort of my soft cushion and feather pillow, oh how I miss. My mom woke me with fresh squeezed OJ at 7 am. So I woke up and got in the shower. OH MY GOD, the water was freezing. I had to stand there putting one hand in at a time. Trying to shower my entire my body without getting wet. After my polar ice shower, I was served arepa, pan de queso. We left at around 10 to Santa Elena. Going there, there was alot of traffic. we had to stop the car in the middle of the road, and walk to see las ferias de las flores, sigettteros. We were in there for a few hours eating and we had a few beers, and ate dinner. It took about an hour and a half to go back down the mountain travelling at 30 miles an hour.

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Photos

going to santa ellen
My mom, me , and uncle, going to santa ellen to see the silleteros.

vendors
along the highway theres various vendors selling all kinds of products, here i took a picture of bottles of honey :-D

traffic
a two lane highway made into 5

traffic
because the traffic had stoppped we left the car on the side of the road and walked the rest of the way.

walking
great uncle, uncle, mom , and me

silleteros
flowers mounted on to chairs, that kids and adults carry.

silleteros
small children, learning to carry the tradition

a small bar on the side of the road
we all sat for a while drinkning beers

mama and her brother
infront of a statue dedicated to the silleteros in santa ellen

monument
for the silleteros :-D

sausage
susage hung like that is everywhere...bugss..and all kids of things fly around it...yum

mama and her brother
pretending to drink a beer

my great uncle
gustavo

Santa Elena
mountain view

Santa Elena
mountain view

Comments

[Sandra"Pepita"]

Viva la Feria de las Flores!!!!!!!!!
Nunca llegue a ir a Santa Elena,se ve que esas cervezas estaban muy refrescantes!!!