……..was another interesting bus trip. We got up early to catch a taxi for the half hour drive to the bus station because we wanted to catch the 8am bus. No showers no coffee, no breakfast…..just head out and grab a coffee and breakfast at the bus station while we were waiting……or so we thought! We got there about 7:20am just in time to be rushed to catch the 7am bus to Santa Marta! When will we ever learn? So off we go….no coffee,no bathroom break or breakfast………just “get on the bus, forget about us”………..and life goes on! The bus ride was uneventful and al most five hours later we arrived just an hour late. Quick taxi to the hostel where we were thrilled to find a pretty neat hostel Full of young folks who thought their parents were coming to visit……..and the coffee was free flowing in small little plastic cups but it still tasted good. While we were waiting for our rooms to be ready the coffee turned to beer…….don’t quite know how that happened but everyone was happy and that’s all that mattered. We checked in and then went for a walk to the Bolivar museum(pictures below) and then into town. On the way in we noticed that the streets were often lined with yellow jerseys and the closer we got to the centre we realized that ColOmbia was playing Bolivia and the noise, especially when ColOmbia scored was deafening,and they scored often. Once they won all hell broke loose in terms of noise level……….and every goal or near-goal could be heard for miles. Shortly after the game was over, and ColOmbia won, a Motorcade of hundreds of motorcycles roared through the streets with too many people on the bikes, no helmets,people stretched out dangerously hanging off and once Dawn and I saw the kids holding on we almost called social services but quickly realized the ‘policia’ were on board………and winning was what really mattered. It took a little while but we did find a little Spanish restaurant away from the noise where we had a good supper and discussed their passion for their sport, soccer/football whatever it is called! This reminded us of ColOmbia’s loss in the World Cup many years ago because one of their players accidentally scored into their own net. As tragic as this was for ColOmbia, the real tragedy was when the team returned home and the player who accidentally scored into his own net was shot. Gotta go as Internet is cutting out…….be in touch in a couple of days.