Our Hacienda Made More Special

We didn't tell you everything about our wonderful Hacienda yesterday, we saved the best for last.

When we were arriving, there was a tour group from a city north of Meddellin that was just starting to eat breakfast. Nancy and I had not eaten yet and were hungry so we just put our packs in our room and went to the dining room for breakfast. Most of the seats were full with the tour group but there was a couple of seats left at one of the tables and a gentleman there invited us over to sit with them. We chatted a bit, the usual things, and then he asked us what we had in mind to do this AM. We had nothing specific planned, so he, as the group leader, invited us to come with them on their tour bus for their morning's outing. We readily agreed and off we went, receiving the best seats in the bus, and a constant barrage of questions.




Not only sitting on one side of us was the tour group leader but on the other side were these two girls, the two youngest people on the tour.
Our journey that morning with the group was to the narrowest and wildest part of the Rio Magdalena. This picture is a vista on our way down the valley.
And here is that narrowest part. Lots of water in a very narrow passage.
We made a hike down to the bottom of the river valley.
This lady is indiginous, and is making crochet thread from the bark of the Plantain Tree.

Later in the afternoon, we were invited to a celebration the group was to have in the evening. They had hired a band that played traditional Andean music and it was very good. We do love the pan pipes and had never seen ones this big.
Just more of the band.
The music made the feet want to move and many of the crowd got up and started to dance.
Including Nancy. The tour guide who is beside her insisted we get up and get with the celebration.
And I get to dance with the prettiest senorita there. She asked me and how could I refuse?

They were such a good group and you could really tell they liked each other a lot. It was so quiet when they left the next day and we missed them but they had a 17 hour bus ride back to their city and could not stay to entertain us any longer.