A belated holiday greeting

Although Aracataca was a special experience, I was eager to get back to Santa Marta, as well as Sarah and Annie. I had missed having them around, and coming back to the hostel in Santa Marta felt like a homecoming. The women at the front disk greeted me with big smiles and asked how the trip was, the pizza lady seemed surprised to see me back after a gap of a few days, and even walking into those grimy rooms made me feel comforted.

We decided to stay in Santa Marta through the new year period. We had one more memorable night at la puerta and a very immemorable (unmemorable? uhmm...not very memorable. there we go.) new years. We ended up getting shuffled to a party in Rodadero, a resort-y beach area of Santa Marta. The club charged us a lot to get in, and once we got in everybody was completely dourfaced, and the only music playing was something with a weird, undanceable beat. Annie accidentally hooked up with a 21 year old (she's 29) and I turned down a scary looking man with curly hair. But the most hilarious part of the whole night were the two british guys we were hanging out with. We convinced ourselves that they were a gay couple (they even had a lovers tiff halfway through the night!) only to watch them later both hook up with local colombian girls. There was a very clear moment of,"hold on...you mean they're NOT GAY???"

Otherwise I just wanted to wish everybody a very belated merry christmas and new years. 2009 has been very good to me for the most part, and I felt good closing out the year in colombia. After much time for reflection I've reaffirmed that I indeed live a wonderful, blessed life, and I hope that all of you are looking forward to 2010 as much as I am!