Once again I am at the airport waiting... my flight from Medellin to Bogota was delayed which in turn made me miss my flight to Brazil. I was stuck in Bogota for the night and slapped with a hefty change flight fee (at least I was able to escape the change fee in Cleveland). I should be in Brazil tomorrow... hopefully. The scariest part of the situation was that I had to pay for my Brazil flight in cash... because my flight was delayed, that lead me to walk around Bogota with 2,500,000 Colombian Pesos. Yep. 2.5 million. Not the best place to have that much money on you. I was pretty much sweating all day thinking about it, even though it is much colder here as the elevation is greater than Medellin. Bogota ended up being an awesome city. Thankfully there was a guy who also missed the flight to Brazil who helped me figure out how to get around and figure out what to do about the ticket. We spent the day touring the city- I was glad I met him because he spoke English, Portuguese, and Spanish. I would not have been able to do it without him. Tomorrow I should arrive in Bahia, just in time for the program to start! Saturday I meet my host family- I am so excited.
The rest of my time in Colombia was amazing- Ursula taught me so much about horses and how to ride them- I got to see so much of Medellin, and even take a road trip through the country. It was such a great time. I am very happy for Ursula- she is moving on to start graduate school at Oxford! I am honored to be her friend :)
Sometimes traveling can get you down because of all the complications, the lines you have to wait in, the problems that arise, the uncertainties of not knowing what is going on.... but I have learned one thing about myself, I don't give up. When you get to see and take part in such different activities you never have been exposed to before... all of the sudden all those complications vanish.
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