Colombian Bambam’s blog

So what is your typical day like in Colombia? 
Hmm...I wake up at around 8:30, I am usually pretty free in the mornings, I read, or go out to visit people. Usually when I check the internet it is in the mornings aswell. In the afternoons we have study cirlcles starting from 2, then 4, then 7. Well that is the current schedule... All in all right now we have about 6 or 7 study circles between me and my service partner Keivan. At nights i usually hang out with people on the streets, just sitting and chilling, talking to people about random things, improving my Spanish, or dancing, yeah they do a lot of dancing here, everyone dances, it is impossible not to.

Do you eat the same thing everyday?  What do you eat?  Do you cook?  Do you buy it at resteraunt... etc...
Well I eat a lot of rice, chicken, the chicken here is really amazing. They eat a lot of fried bananas, well they are like gigantic bananas they call them platanos. Oh right and a lot of beans.... Yes.. they are hard on the stomach. When we get bored of this stuff me and Keivan usually wonder out and buy some hamburgers or hotdogs... muhaha...-_-
What are the people like?  Do they talk to you alot?  Are they friendly?  Mostly young people you hang out with?
They are extremly nice! Yes everyone here talks to me a lot, they call my name from across the street, I feel like a movie star everytime I walk back into my neighboorhood cuz everyone knows me even if I dont know them. I hang out with everyone, little kids, youth.. adults, old people... everyone haha its a whole new experiance.

Anything different about the culture there that was new to you? 
Well yes, the culture here is very different compared to the Chinese culture. When I just arrived I was like... Why isn't anyone working? or studying... People here are very chilled out... I am used to living in the city, with people running around for no apparent reason... So I was not really used to the slowness at first, but now it is getting better. Just rural life in general....

I will answer the rest of the questions next time!
Miss you all!!!

So from now on, if you want me to update this thingy, send me an email with a list of questions you want me to answer, they can be about anything.

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all right

So these are some pics of where I am right now............... Just in my house though...

The ones on the left are taken from the window of my house, of the street I live on.

The ones on the right are of the room I am staying in, the first one is just my room, the 2nd one is me in my room, the 3rd one is Keivan writing his diary in the room. The bed on the

left is mine...

The ones on the bottom are just some random ones of people and around the houes, the first one is the kitchen, the 2nd one is the living room, the 3rd ones is me in a mirror, the 4th one is my colombian baby sister Laura. hehe

So my Spanish friend just got some pics from our other spanish friends who are in the north coast right now... I will see if I can post it. They are pics of the previous city we were in Puerto Tejada. NOT where I am right now.. I dun have pics of that yet...

Actually I only have 3 and a half minutes left on this pc.. So I will do it next time ok??

Lots of love from the middle of the Mountains

i am in La Tebaida in the department of Quindio. COLOMBIA

look it up on the map... probably wont find it

So today we took a van to Cendio, or as i like to say... Coffee land. Well we got off in the capital which is called Aremania, it was quite a nice town but we soon got into a taxi and went to a smaller town, i still dont know the name. So this will be my home for at least 3 months maybe 8. We will see yeah? me no se... Cendio es mucho calor!! anyways.. hmm I hope all you people are having fun. Colombia sure is an interesting country.... haha that is all i have to say for now. sorry i dont have any pictures cuz i dont want my camera to be stolen.. ok thats about it.

Yes This is the first week of 8 months. I will be going to Cendio which is a province of Colombia tomorrow. There i will spend the rest of my 8 months. I think my spanish is getting better cuz i can understand more and more what is going on. there are way too many misquitos... The 3 dudes from Spain are funny haha. Emm i dunno what to write.. I think my year is gonna be really intense i didnt have much time to do anything this week i was just being trained.

There are so many Baha'is here and the faith is growing very very very fast. People here are like the most receptive ever.

I got my cell phone yesterday at last! haha i am so happy. the phone was only like 20 dollars.

hmm nothing much else to say

so i am finally here, it sure is different and dont expect me to update much cuz i just walked 30 minutes to get to this internet cafe. there was no running water where i stayed and too many misquitos and too much heat so basically i didnt sleep very much again....

typing on this keyboard makes me tired... i dont have a cell yet but will get one soon... so yeah.. good luck yall

So since I am awesome, and WiFi is even more awesome.. I am updating this thingy in the wating area of Miami International Airport. Partly cuz I have nothing better to do.

Hmm So todays flights so far have been super smooth.. A bit too smooth... I smell something fishy... hmm I wonder.. yeah..

Anyway I really dont have anything to say other than I have 30,000 pesos in my pocket, which is all together only 3 notes.. I was like what? this is it? just this? this is 30,000? what the..  But yeah I have been to Turkey so I know better.

Good Luck YALL

Well I woke up at 5:30am we went to the New Orleans airport. Then when I wanted to check in we realized that my ticket was for the 19th of October.. And that I need a return ticket as well. So we came back. Now I kinda have a round trip ticket for tomorrow. Well we will see whats up.