Day three began with what I know considered a morning ritual: shower, heaps of sunscreen and bug repellant. Regardless of this ritual I had still been eaten alive. Never have I ever been bitten so many times. Mind you I've traveled to Cambodia where there are infinite amounts of mosquitoes (some carry the malaria virus) everywhere and I was still not bitten as much. Both precautions, bug spray and wearing long pants, did not seem to keep them away! Or maybe they did....maybe I would have had twice the bites. That's scary. In any event, Colombian mosquitoes love to bite the hips. Isn't that sort of fitting for a S. American mosquito? They are also sexist. Chepe had close to no bites. He attributes this to his blood being acid and mine sweet.
In any event, this day we hopped on a bus and headed to El Parque Cafe. I was sort of hesitant to visit here since it´s reputed to be a sort of coffe theme park. I also heared, however, that with the right attitude it can be very educational. We set out to visit the cultural part of the park and learned quite a bit about the coffee process. The highlight of the day was definitely the dance show we saw featuring dance styles from each of Colombia´s states. In the end I think the visit was nice but if pressed for time could be skipped.
That night I had a spa appointment when we got home :) For the grand total of $70 I spent two hours in a cabana in the forest getting a body scrub, wrap, facial and massage.
Our last half-day we spent lounging by the pretty pool at our resort before heading back to Bogota to prepare for Julia´s arrival!
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