on to Popoyan

8,9 Jan 2007

Getting out of Pastos proovs to be a mission. We havent realised what a big deal the festival here was, and the bus station is crowded beyond capacity with all the Colombian heading home. The busses are beyond full. Not good.

After queing for a while Sara talks to some others in line who come up with a plan. If we can get 11 of us we can hire our own mini van. We pull it off, but it costs us 45,000 each. Ouch (again)...

The ride is 7 hours, and the van is small. But we meet 3 Israeli kids unlike any I have met before. Naturaly, they have just finished their army time, but are actualy nice guys! We yarn for ages about where we've all been. They are coming down so we swap notes. I also ask them a lot of questions about life in Israel, the army etc. And their answers are honest and very interesting.

We all stay at a simple hostel in Popoyan. Again, the town is all but closed, but we find a cheap spot for a small dinner

The highlight of the night is in the huge Exito supermarket.For a prize they have a very cool electic assisteded bycicle. Its shaped like a chopper... and I love it!! I take a photo... and get told off by the security guards..(???)