Tree tomato, a fruit that makes a really good juice:
Sunset in San Agustin:
The church in the main plaza in San Agustin:
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So I got my vis renewed for another sixty days, with my sailboat shirt on, of course. After that I immediately headed back to San Agustin (I knew that the people at the hotel were wondering what in the world happened to me since I had left ALL my stuff there). Back in San Agustin, I hiked to some of the ruins, including El Tablon and La Chakira. The walk to the ruins takes you out of the town and down a rural road, followed by a muddy path with a few houses scattered along the way. The houses are all very simple and humble, a lot of them just constructed of mud and sticks. El Tablon is on the side of a mountain and consists of several huge rock sculptures of bodies with giant heads. There is a little museum in a house that has a lot of ceramic artifacts and tools that were used in the ancient cultures.
Following the path from El Tablon takes you to the side of a lush green canyon. One little area of the canyon is covered with huge boulders, several with images carved into them. This is La Chakira. The day was beautiful, sunny and with a blue sky. On my way back I stopped to drink guarapo (those of you who read my blog from last year might remember that when I made my solo trek to Gocta waterfall I also stopped to drink guarapo on my way back to town.) Guarapo is a fermented sugar cane drink. This one was especially potent and seemed to take on more effect as I walked back under the mid-day sun.
After I spent a few days in San Agustin, Maxi sent me an email from Neiva. In the end, he decided to stay in Colombia a little longer and was staying in the Hare Krishna temple. I headed back to Neiva so we could play music together in a few restaurants. We played during the lunch hour in the Hare Krishna restaurant and at night in a juice bar and sometimes in a cafe. I ended up meeting a girl who plays cello and offered her cello lessons. She was totally siked and I ended up teaching her two cello lessons in a week.
Since then we have been back in San Agustin, staying at a friend´s house, Lourdes, with her daughter Alma del Viento (Soul of the Wind). We are preparing for a concert that we will give tomorrow in a cafe in the Plaza. Its a big deal, they are cleaning the plaza now, they invited us to be on the radio and the whole town is talking about the event. We will have a good time for sure. Staying at Lourdes´ house is great. Its on the road out of town, has a town of land all around, goiaba trees, hens and roosters, tranquility and she is SUPER cool. We have been cooking good food every day and telling lots of stories.
Sunday I will add some more pictures that relate a little more directly to the blog. These are the ones that I had left on the computer a few days ago!
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