I recommend you to listen to this playlist while reading the article, a short selection by myself of the sounds that have made my days in Colombia and more specifically along the coast. There, you’ll find some salsa, champeta, reggaeton, vallenato, and some others… (I’ll talk to you about music further on): More time than usual…

To leave Manizales I got not on a bus, but a… big car, and I spent 5 hours in there, stuck between my two strangers. Thank god I’ve got books with me! I arrived in Medellin and met Catalina, that I also know from the time of my student house in Zurich. Awesome to meet…