Bula! is the Fijian greeting used all over the islands. However, instead of “Bula” we heard “Czesc!”from Kasia and Michal who were decided to drop by! Soon afterwards Ania and Lucien joined too, slightly delayed (by one week) by the volcano on Island. So in the end we were 6 happy travelers on Fiji. What a meeting on the other side of the globe! The world is getting really small and “flat”.
Cartagena
At the moment we’re observing the sunset sitting in front of our bungalow at Playa Blanca, a beech on one island in northern Colombia. Crabs are staring to come out Read the rest of this entry »
Salsa Colombia, i.e., South of Colombia
No salsa photos, sorry
Colombia is thought to be dangerous, with cocaine mafia every corner and guerrilla fighters behind every tree. We’ve traversed its green heart without any problems. It is a beautiful country still to be discovered by tourists who for many years kept out of here. Read the rest of this entry »
Latino concert
Last night, just after our evening tango classes that were just after our noon Spanish classes (only one week here and we’re already into routine…), we decided to try out the local ‘Salseria’ and see how a typical salsa club differs from Lausanne’s ‘Atelier Volant’, and how our “epfl-Carlos” style of dancing blends in the locals. We ended up in a really cool club. This evening happened Read the rest of this entry »
Bailamos Tango!
Today, I finally managed to DRAG Maciek to a tango lesson. And he liked it! From now on vamos a bailar todos las noches
espero! Only in San Telmo, the backpackers quarter where we stay, there are tens of ‘milongas’. Some begin already at 2 pm, others last until 8am. So theoretically, we could go directly from such a “tango disco” to our morning Spanish classes
In BA tango is danced literally everywhere, Read the rest of this entry »