Just got back from a week of backpacking, hiking, fish-eating, salsa-dancing and bus-riding along Colombia's Atlantic coast. Two wonderful friends from Northampton, Kate and Susannah, joined me as we bounced between different national parks, secluded beaches, and little villages, sleeping in hammocks and letting the ocean air cleanse our minds and bodies. Was so awesome! And such good company! I'm now back in the office, on lunch break, dreaming of coco-locos on the beach. Just yesterday morning I was sipping fresh pineapple juice in Cartagena, absorbed by the vibrancy of the old city. Now Im in Medellin, watching a violent thunderstorm shake trees outside my window. Trying to focus on translating my boss' doctorate thesis, but my mind keeps wandering off the page and back to the crystal blue waves of the Caribbean sea slapping against unyielding, stoic rocks.
