Observations of a few Travelers

Now that we are in Ecuador, I feel it's time to look back on our experience in Colombia, and here are a few highlights that come to mind:

When walking on the cobbled streets of a town, one must watch where their feet may land: wobbly cobbles, uneven cobbles, man sized holes, foot sized holes and doggie doo are just a few of the dangers at foot level.

Milk, yogurt, and water often come in bags not cartons or bottles.

Aguila (a corona style beer) is apparently for girls, And there is an Aguila LIGHT! (essentially clear beer...)

Shoulder bags are worn by all.

Colombian men often lounge about with their shirts pulled or rolled up to expose their bellies.

More countries should adopt Tejo (Tay-ho) as a sport, explosives plus beer, what could go wrong?

When taking an overnight bus, one must plan for sub-zero temperatures, bring a blanket.

Trying to use a restroom on a bus will lead to you feeling near drunkenness because you cannot stand up straight. It will also lead to something that usually stays dry getting a little wet, or lots wet. If you're a lady..hover like a pro, but with certain drunkenness because your hover skills are lacking/under pressure in a bus restroom situation. It's probably better to wait for a real restroom unless you're up for a challenge!

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Special Traffic Observations!:

Be careful to look for motorcycles, they can come from nowhere and don't pay attention to silly things such as stop signs, red lights, lanes, direction of traffic in a particular lane..

Double yellow lines mean Nothing.

Lanes don't really matter either.

'Blind' corners on windy, curvy roads aren't seen as blind by bus drivers.

Horn use in Colombia is amazing and USA needs to catch up. Here's what a Colombian might use their horns for: hey I'm here!, coming around you, watch out motorcycle!, I'd like some of that fruit, please keep moving forward, why are you stopped?, get outta my way I'm three times your size!, is there anyone around this corner??, watch out for those of you who are thinking about crossing the street, hereby watch Up!;) , I haven't used my horn in a few minutes and wanted to make sure it still works.. An American might use a horn just to say they are angry.. We need to work on our horn vocabulary.

That's all for now, more observations on Ecuador a bit later..

miss yal