San Gil

Happy Monday everyone, I'm back. And now in San Gil, the capital of "extreme sports" in Colombia. I tried several: crossing a deep canyon riding a bicycle on a cable.

Cycling 50 km with two friends (each about a third of my age) in the Chicamocha canyon (the second largest in the world!)

And one afternoon playing Tejo, "The national sport of Colombia". You throw weights in a sandbox full of dynamite loads, hoping to set one off (I'm not kidding).

I even tried paragliding. But I decided not to try the craziest extreme sport of all, to rappel in a waterfall. That's not me in the video. You think I'm crazy? Actually, you better not answer that question.

waterfall rappel.mov

But what I liked the most in San Gil was visiting the Piqueteadero Doña Eustaquia to try their famous chorizo cooked in guarapo (fermented sugar cane juice). I had an "extreme meal" of six chorizos like this (it tasted much better than it looks).

OK, that’s all for today.

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