5am was our call time this morning. Due to the fact school in Columbia starts at 6am! (and i use to complain and play sick because i thought 8:10am was to early.) 3 cups of coffee later kids started to show up. They came by foot, bus, taxi, bike, and Moped and were all dressed in their school uniforms. Today we wanted to film a normal day at school. Yet how can things be normal when you have 2 gringo's running around with cameras and a 6'6" asian hanging around. Gym class started at 7am for the older kids while the younger kids went to English, History or a Comp. lab. After filming the school we headed out into Santa Marta. We hit up the beach, although i was dressed in jeans and a tee-shirt, the market, and random alley ways filled with people selling things legally and illegally. (Anybody need a copy of Shutter Island?) It was definitely an eye opening exploration of Santa Marta.

Robert... He goes by Bob. Is a 72 year old Gringo. Who came here in 1965 on a 2 month construction contract. Obviously he never left. Bob helped start the school here in Santa Marta and also helped start the first protestant church. His life is a movie.... From being held by Guerillas to seeing people being killed right in front of him. He has some of the best/horrifying stories i have ever heard. He has seen things no man should ever see. He is also a very humble man of God.

Sorry to get side-tracked about Bob. I have met far too many people today for me to be able to remember, I have tried food whose name i dont know, I drank tomato tree juice, walked on Coal stained beaches, and enjoyed a Birthday Party tonight, where they substituted candles for 1 giant fountain firework that filled the whole house with smoke. Another beautiful learning experience in Columbia. God Bless