Saturday, September 30, 2023

Colombia August 2023

Ramon con su abuela.  Maria and Carla went a month early and spent all of July as well.  Ramon and I got there at the end of July, as he wanted to play soccer and work part time in Calgary.

Dona Betty en su cocina 

Don Wilfredo en su taller
Mi linda bici....en Mapachico
Con Lucho
La Iglesia del Cristo Rey


My land is not for sale.  Not sure the indigenous back in the day would have used the middle finger salute😆
Monty in coffee heaven in the coffee capital of the world....Colombia!
El cafe

Mafe y la Carola
Hector, Carla y Wilo
"All good brother!"
Vlady, Lucho el campeon Canadiense y Monty
Enjoying a wonderful vegetarian meal en la casa de la Dona Alba.
Vlady, Albita, Monty and your truly
....on the death road to Mocoa....

Mont just loving it!



On the balcony of our hotel room in Mocoa

Howler monkey...my fave....what a noise he makes!

Puerqiuto
Cacao
Friendly guy gave us a tour of his finca...

La Coca leaf
...on the rio Caqueta
Cusingo
Con el joven Luis....nuestro chofer extraordinario 


Couldn't get the parrot to pose for this one....oh well....Monty is making up for it😆




Squirrel monkeys
Forgot the name of this monkey....

Vilmis y Modesto
Coffee fair/El feria del cafe in pasto....boy did I get wired with all the samples!
If you guess where I am from, I will give you a guinea pig.  Old Pastusan joke.

He'll be spreading his wings soon enuf😔
Dario, Carlos, Ramon in El Tambo
Mi Hijo :)
Dario
La mami tomando su siestica
Los pobres viven junto a los ricos.  Pasto and the panamerican hiway 
La familia de Lucho
Socio!
Charlis haciendo unos nuevos amigos


Ramon with his personalized cafe de Colombia.  Caffiene doesn't seem to affect him!

Ramon for Govenor of Narino!  

Panela
Boiling sugar cane to make Panela....hard bricks of sugar.....en un trapiche

Empenadas con el aji y el cafe
Don Guillermo
La Dona Carmen con tia Cris
This is not Ron.  This is NOT a pet.
But we won't eat this pet.
Thanks Sardino for lending us your custom built F. Duarte gravel bike.  You inspired Ramon with it!



Ready to explore more of this bike crazy country on my next visit.
El nene Rafael....Rafa....con su mama, la linda nena Carolina.

Deportivo Pasto vs Medellin.  They lost in penalties after they were down 3.  Soccer can be exciting.
With the captain

Con la madrina Carmen

...con la Doctora Isa

....primas....


Hector contra Ramon
Juan fe.....goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Listo para la competencia....
La carerra del pacifico en Cali.  Maria had to drop out at 2km with a pulled hamstring.


With the winner? or 2nd? from Kenya
u get the idea....
Que arbolazo!
Perfect timing.  Pablito arrived at the airport in Bogota from Pereira, when we arrived from Cali!
San Francisco bendito

La Policia del gobierno presidencial


Official restraunte de la policia nacional
Don Ivan y su consentida
Con su querida Tia Betty
Bogota Milionarios vs Once Caldas.  Bogota gano 2-1. 
Pablito, Betty y su consentido....El nene Niko, the adopted street cat.
.....Who warmed up to Carla after a few days.





Carla con prima Betty
Saliendo de Bogota
We should have spent some time in the Caribean on the way back!