Lago Calima

First stop on my tour is Lago Callima, everyone here in Cali keeps telling me how beautiful it is and there is supposed to be some kite surfing/ paragliding. I walk to the bus station, esorted by Pilar and Carmilla, and a few hours later I’m in the town of Darien.

The lake really is pretty, again, it reminds me a bit of Colorado as it’s man-made lake, surrounded by mountains. I didn’t find the town itself all that interesting, however. It was a little country town, a few tiendas, some restaurants, pool halls and a couple of hotels. I was expecting it to be a bit more interesting, I was getting bored after one night.

I was hoping to try some kite surfing, but it was pretty expensive and there wasn’t much wind the day I was there. But I did meet some pretty cool locals that ran the kite surfing shop. Anyway, it was a nice place t relax for a couple of days and it was much cooler then Cali. I decided not to wait around for the wind, though, and headed for the coffee region.