Alarm goes off... 7am be at the school... Alarm goes off... 7am be at the church... Man it seems i would of learned by now... its 7 til its 8 here! Nevertheless I show up drink coffee snap some shots, shoot some video, and then head into parts of town i dont know and take more shots and more video. I dont think i have seen much of Columbia besides what i see through the (28mm f/4 lense of my camera.) Oh well that is what i am here for so... of course when i get an afternoon off what do i want to do... take more pics and video of my travels of course. Beach day has arrived and went faster then, Sheldon(Big Bang theory) can saw vroom vroom on caffeine. But it was a good relaxing afternoon. John Howard the guy i am staying with took me and my partner on a beach trip today. But of course while i am playing with Parker(2 year host) the word BEACH slips out of my mouth and he is instantly wanting to go. I felt bad because he got sad when he was told he couldnt come ( but oh well).
We took a taxi over the mountain and then we were asked if we wanted to hike the rest of the way or take the boat. I was immediately in for a hike cause i needed more pics of course. Steve (my partner who is a few years older then me(so he has seniority) obliged so we took the hike. Cant really say it reminded me of anything but there was 1 point where the path got real narrow and i remembered my 2 brothers and I playing on the side of a cliff in Russia on a camping trip. Looking back if my parents would of only knew what kinda of cliff we were playing on i am sure a half a dozen wooden spoons would of met there death that day. As we got to the top of the mountain(or at least it would be considered a mountain for indiana) I could see a bay with three different beaches. John pointed out which 1 we were headed too. I noticed if we were 2 hike further there were other beaches. He said he had heard 1 of them was a Nude beach. I was immediately in for a little further hike.... MOM i am just kidding.... As we came down the mountain and onto the beach there were a row of houses going down the cliff. i was amazed at how they were still clinging to the side of the mountain. One house on top of the other. It was amazing architecture to me and i couldnt help but wonder how they were built and who's dream house they originally were. After the beach we decided to grab lunch at a hole in the wall cafe John had never tried it. I ordered a tuna sandwich(by far the worst food i have had all trip), and a 300ml Coca Cola in a glass bottle. Side note... Coke in a glass bottle should be the only way to drink a coke tastes so much better. And why is it that Coke tastes so much better in other countries.. As i raised the coke to my lips and looked out across the ocean the song Kissed by a Rose by Seal started playing in my head... after a second i realized it was playing in our cafe haha oh Seal... The day at the beach all in all was definitely relaxing and fun. I snorkeled for a bit(until i realized i was in deep murky water and the Jaws theme wouldnt leave my mind), i think i snapped a couple good pics, saw some amazing architecture, hiked a mountain, learned to never order the tuna at that cafe again, and sipped on an ice cold Coke from a glass bottle while listening to a classic. We have alot left to do in the next couple days. God Bless
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