Pork and Apple: Cali

Cali, the salsa capital of Colombia, if not the world, was a shock to the system after the cold, rainy days of Bogota. I can't tell you much about the city of Cali as we hardly saw the city by day. In Cali we turned nocturnal - salsa all night and sleep during the day.

We came to Cali for the salsa and a mini Delfin Solo reunion. Our hostel offered free 2 hour salsa lessons every day so we were all pretty excited to show off our new moves on Cali's dance floors. While we weren't so smooth yet (constantly stepping on other people and one of the group elbowed a security guard in the face) I think the locals appreciated our efforts. One table next to us was constantly encouraging us to dance with them and took way too many photos of us.

Sunday was a bit of a change of pace as the hostel owner took most of the hostel out to a local football (soccer) game - Cali vs Nacional. While I don't really go in for most sports (Alex was loving it though) it was definitely an experience. The bus ride to the stadium was something else. The bus was jam packed with Cali fans and us, there were people sitting on the roof and a lot of heckling of all us gringos. Footage of the gringos at the football match made it onto national TV. For the game itself, someone else would have to tell you about that, I had no idea what was really going on, but it was fun seeing how into it the crowd was. The Journey there and back ended up being longer than the actual game and by the time we got back to the hostel everyone was pretty knackered. This meant we finally had an early night at 2am.

For all the time we were in Cali we didn't end up taking any photos, except at the football. Luckily Mauricio, the hostel owner, came to the rescue and posted heaps on facebook. Here's a few that I stole: