¨Nobody puts Baby in the Corner¨

We arrived at the airport in Cali, Colombia on Wed without my luggage. So i just reported it and got a phone number to call to track it down. Then took a taxi to a few different hostels before deciding on Hostel Jovita´s which was recommended by a german guy back in Tagana. This hostel offers free salsa classes, so to take my mind of wondering where my luggage is, i joined the free class. The reception lady was very kind and called a few numbers to track down my bag and towards the end of the class, up pulled a taxi and there was my bag! Yes! After getting settled in a bit, we were hungry and heard of an icecream shop around the corner. It was so cute, like an old fashioned sort of place with stools right up at the counter. We shared a fruit and icecream dessert which was most amazing. The icecream was cookies and cream and was the best ive ever tasted, rich and creamy. Then the fruit was freshly cut and so flavorful. Definetly coming back!

Thursday we walked around the area we were staying in for a bit and found some other good restaurants that i would like to try. Then back to the hostel to meet Carlos, who is the owner of our hostel and also member of Couch Surfing. He took a group of us from the hostel out to a local market, something you woulnd´t go to on your own, for lunch and he talked abit about why he started this hostel. He also is a traveler and wanted to provide a place for other travelers, he also teaches salsa and yoga classes for free for his guests. After being super full, came back for a siesta because we were all planning on going out to Tin Tin Deo, a salsatech that night. Natanya, my new roommate Sebastian, another german, and I headed out to meet up with a couch surfing group before going to Tin Tin Deo. There were people from all over in this group. Italy, France, Texas, Germany, S.Africa, and of course Colombians. I´m still not that great at my spanish, but i tried talking to them as much as i could in spanish.

When we got to Tin Tin Deo, there was salsa music going and right away people started dancing. Our group took over one corner of the bar, and here is my story of how for the rest of the night I felt like ´Baby´from the movie ´Dirty Dancing´. If you´ve seen the movie, then you probably have a better idea of what i´m talking about. I started out the night sitting in the corner with a few other people just watching the amazing Salsa dancing going on. After a while a few different guys had asked me to dance. So remembering what i learned in my free class earlier that day, i did my best. It wasn´t until Wilber, the free dance teacher, asked me to dance, that I really felt like ´Baby´ when she was learning how to dance with Patrick Swayze. I could only laugh as he moved me from side to side where she goes back and forth flipping her head to the sides. After the song was over I rushed back to sit down, to calm down while still laughing at myself. So there I was back in the corner watching all the crazy dancing. The night would have been complete if I had carried two watermelons up the stairs first before entering the club! (in the movie!)

The last guy I danced with was from France so he spoke a mixture of French and spanish. I couldn´t understand a thing he was saying. Fren/nish- to confusing. While dancing with him he kept stopping and clapping saying ´good, good´ which was screwing me up from my dancing. He was just too much for me and so after the song I thanked him and sat back down. I was finished for the night. Too overwhelmed. It was around 1am anyway, so a group of us took a cab back to the hostel. It was a good night.

We started off the day with fresh fruit and icecream for breakfast from the store around the corner. We check out another hostel, which is closer to the ´downtown´area where more salsatechs are and prob go out with another group tonight. I need another siesta to make sure to last longer than 1am tonight!