Cali
257 Sun 15/5 – 259 Tue 17/5
Got into Cali after a fairly comfortable 3 hour bus ride from Popayan. The taxi driver who drove me to the hostel tried to cheat me by asking double the price. My Spanish is good enough to give him a bollocking, but wish I knew some decent swearwords, cos if anyone deserved some, it was he! Welcome to a big city!
Cali is the third largest city in Colombia, and it is not really very pretty or endearing. I thought that the mixture of old and new parts would draw me in, but that didnt happen. I didnt have some really good vegetarian food, though. One of the restaurants played a lot of old Hindi songs: ages since I had heard them!
I didnt do much Sunday since the place was dead. I did some grocery shopping and chatted with some folks at the hostel. Monday and Tuesday were spent walking around in the morning, followed by a leisurely chat with folks in the hostel and/or some football.
Cali is famous for it’s salsa, but early in the week is probably not the best time to experience that. I would have liked to have seen a salsa band and some dance, but it wasnt to be.
Tags: Travel
Damu