headed back to Medellin

the gang is splitting up today. The Danes are flying back t Bogotqa, Steve is sticking around to check out the Seirra Nevados (i can do that at home) and Christian and i are taking a night bus back to Medellin. The last couple of days i was in Parque Tayrona with Steve and the Danes. It took us a while to get going on the day we left, but we caught a mini bus over the hill to Santa Marta then took a very crowded very hot bus for an hour ride to the park entrance. we paid our dues and then hopped a ride on the back of a pickup deep into the park. It was really hot and mugger there. We then hiked through the woods for 45 minutes or so to the first beach. beautifully white sand beaches with big waves and signs that warned that if we swam in the water we would most likely never return. At one point during the hike we were all attacked by some sort of flying ant spider. the attacked our hair, crawling up inside and biting our heads, i was not into it. we all ran flailing our arms and smacking ourselves in the head. All that night i was pulling chucks of flying ant spiders out of my hair. We had heard about a great beach known as El Cabo, so we trekked on. another 20 minutes hiking and we came apon an even prettier beach, but we kept on going until we finally hit El Cabo. We rented hammocks and slept in a wooden yurt type circle hut way out on a rocky spit that jutted out into the ocean, what a veiw. The wind blew all night which kept the mosquitos away. It did get a little chilly at night, but i had my towel and the blanket that Christian has swiped from the airlines to keep me warm. The next morning we just kicked it and read our books. At about 3pm we made the return trip back to Santa Marta. On the bus ride back down the hill we were stopped by heavily armed police and disembarked the bus, but they paid us whiteys no mind, they were just checking the papers of all the Colombians. Last night was our last hoo rah of with all the people we have met here, but it is back to Medellin tonight.