Cali, Colombia

Cali is known for being the capital of salsa and being a very fun place to go out. So far it has not disappointed in either aspect, hips really don't lie and Shakira would know she's Colombian. We are now in a hostel and it is a nice one, but hostel life in general can be more exhausting than living in a home. Exploring the city here is quite a bit easier, Cali has a pretty nice bus system that  runs a lot like BART. The humidity here takes sometime to get used to, but now I'm fine with feeling a little sticky. 

After getting in and getting some shut eye we quickly looked for a similar place to Cachubombay. We asked around and ended up at a dance studio that charges about $10 for 2 hours of lessons, an incredible deal. Hoping that we could carry on from where we left was a bad idea. Salsa in Cali is much more overwhelming, Calenos are all about making it the most difficult dance in the world. They add in kicks, chacha steps, taps and everything is ver very specific. In our first private lesson with Carolina and Maria, I was very resistant, asking why it had to be this way or that way. Carolina"s brother Manuel eventually explained that his mother studied Salsa in Cuba for 5 years and drilled it into them for years.