Finding my hips in Cali

After Salento, we have gone for a total change of scenery.  Cali, the home of Salsa dancing is where we are now.  What better way to experience Colombia than by understanding their dancing!  And what better sort of night out than one where you dance until the early hours of the morning.

Our hostel, http://www.jovitashostel.com/ is also a Salsa school, so since I've been here I've been rediscovering my hips and trying to pick up a few moves; and when my hips have swivelled a bit too much there's yoga too!

Every bar or club that you go to is all about Salsa dancing.  The dance floors are always packed with the most amazing dancers but what is really charming is that everyone is welcome.  If you can't dance, someone will want to teach you, so that you too can dance the night away.  Weekends start on Thursday nights and you dance solidly through to Sunday morning.  The daytimes are for sleeping!

Apart from the Salsa obsession, Cali is a normal city with a pretty old town.  It isn't at all touristy so everything we do is either with local people or we're discovering it for ourselves. 

And when the city and the dancing become too much, there's some beautiful countryside to relax in ... rivers, waterfalls and sunshine, what more could you ask for.