• Panama and Columbia
    1Corn pancake with cheese and hot chocolate -- all delicious!
    Making corn pancakesLulo -- a refreshing drink made from the local lulo fruit, lime juicelime juice, and a little sugar.3A delightful zocalo outside a hat shopZocalo depicting indigenous slaves carrying cargo and people1Guatape city hallChurch on the square -- nice paint job.Pork rib tostadas for supper tonight

    Puebliando

    February 21 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Puebliando is a Columbian word for going from town to town. People who live in Medellin love to get away from the city on Saturday and/or Sunday and go along the shore of Guatape Lake, created by the damming of two rivers in order to provide hydroelectric power. The area is lush with beautiful flowers and views of the lake. The many villages and settlements on the various fingers of the lake provide countless wayside locations for a coffee, a snack, lunch, dessert, and the another coffee.

    Our guide wanted us to enjoy a similar experience so we started with hot chocolate, a farmer cheese (similar to queso fresco) and a delicious corn pancake. This was followed by a boat ride on the lake and then lunch at a rooftop Ruston with beautiful views of the lake.

    Next stop was the colorful and delightful town of Guatape. Tom and I did a paseo around the main plaza, paid an obligatory visit to the church, and photographed many of the zocalos on the town buildings.

    I think publiando is a custom I could easily become accustomed to to!    Read more