Santa Marta is nice, very hot. It's a fairly big city but luckily we are staying two blocks from the beach. Right over the hill is a smaller fishing village called Taganga - Lach is taking Spanish lessons there a few times a week, and I've gone to hang out while he's in class. It is much more tranquilo and has a slightly nicer beach. We get there by taking the local bus: a 15-passenger van that careens through the hills blasting cumbia music. This is one of my very favorite things about Colombia so far, and I promise to post a video about it tomorrow.
The hostel we are staying at is called La Brisa Loca. It's great - run by two American brothers who seem to have travelled a lot, and know just what a hostel needs. There is a pool, a bar, kitchen access and some table and chairs up on the roof. Overall it has a very young/relaxed vibe...
and yes, they translated it into Spanish too...
La Brisa Loca is home to three dogs, a kitten, and this guy:
The kitten can be very, very mischievous, but that is mostly at night when it cools down a bit and he catches cockroaches up on the roof. During the day the animals mainly spend their time doing this:
(this is the TV room, complete with huge comfy mattress couches.. this guy and the dog have pretty much the same idea)
That is really all for now. I've been taking some video too and will post more of those soon. You'll also hear about Cartagena, where we are going on Saturday!
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