This weekend, decisions we've been putting off - where will we go after October, what kind of jobs, if any, should we be searching for, how we envision the rest of this year unfolding - all came to a head. The most immediate, what to do after our class wraps up at the end of October, had been the most preoccupying. The pull of our apartment, the comfort of a navigable city, the complacency of being students...there are many reasons to stay put. It's always been particularly difficult for me to trade familiarity for unknowns, but passing up this opportunity to travel around Colombia seems like a choice we'd regret. So, in the beginning of November we've got a month (24 days, really) of travel. We are taking suggestions for places to visit because right now, we have nothing planned.
The semi-paralysis that accompanies my decision making coupled with the fact that we had our apartment to ourselves after a week of living with a fairly insufferable housemate, meant that our motivation to leave home was pretty low. We did however manage a short trip to revisit the botanical gardens. It was a much better experience sans book fair and throngs of children. You guys almost lucked out because our camera was pretty close to running out of batteries. But, it held out till the end of our adventure. As a result we have about 100 decontextualized close ups of leaves. We'll spare you most of them, but here are a few of our favorites of the day.
The Butterfly Garden:
The Succulent Garden:
Pretty plants:
Tree Dinosaur:
And, of course, Matt's Contribution:
I think you're right, you'll be so glad you explored Columbia. We always wish we'd seen even more of Japan. Hopefully you can blog from the road yes?!
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