taganga

We've moved to taganga, a beach town that is about a 5 hour bus ride from cartagena. The temperature is more pleasant here, it seems a bit cooler with the ocean breeze. It's still much too hot to sleep with a sheet on and i haven't stopped sweating yet.

We're staying in the Bayview Hostel. the owner is, to my knowlege colombian, but speakes english and writes much of the hostel information in english, catering to tourists....i don't mind at this point...the more english the merrier. The hostel is brightly painted, cleaner and more open than the others we've stayed in. I do like it better, although i still feel like bed bugs were eating me last night.

There must be a donkey just past the wall. it smells like manure and made lots of he-hawing noises throughout the night and morning. Again, i don't mind this, the more animals the merrier. Speaking of animals, we've been fortunate to run across some beautiful, low flee dogs. At the beach over the weekend there was a momma beagle with three adorable beagle puppies. What a delight! Yesterday when Josh and Dusty were checking out dive shops we got to meet a beautiful Weimaraner, a sweet young German Shepard and another dog similar looking to a Ridgeback I think. It's nice to see dogs that are taken care of down here, i feel free to play with them unlike some o the flee covered stray dogs.

I miss home, but am having a decent time. I will be much happier when we get to the mountains. I am sick of being so sweaty and even more being covered with bug bites.