I climbed the wall twice (do I have to add that I didn't reach the top?) and I wanted to climb it the third time but my hands were trembling so much that I couldn't grasp the wall. Keith was struggling as well although he climbed more difficult wall. Oscar was able to climb every wall in little time, just like the spider man :)
In the evening we went to the Couch Surfing meeting in a nice pub. Many people came to me and said "Hallo Aga!!" and I had no idea who they were but I tried not to look too surprised. They probably found my message and picture on the CS Bogota' website. I met a guy, Tomas, who is a friend of Claudia and Carmen from Santa Marta. I spoke to him on Skype a month ago and yesterday I met him in person.
Then we went dancing. It was a long and frustrating night for me. I managed (with a big effort) to gather a group of people who wanted to dance salsa and we took cabs to the city center. We arrived in a place called Jose' Pagano 1 which is apparently a good salsa club. There was nobody in the club and I didn't like it straight away - it was kind of a "drinking hole": very dark, with no pictures and decorations on the walls. I got frustrated. Some of the people gave up and went home. I started complaining "I came to Colombia to dance and nobody dances here...". One Colombian guy got really worried and he decided to show me some other clubs. We decided to walk to the next club (never walk in Bogota' at night!) - we found a police patrol going in our direction so we walked ten meters behind them to be safe. First we went to a place called La Bodeguita de Centro - it was empty. So we walked further to a place called Jose' Pagano 2 (JP 1 and 2 were the same company before but the owners had an argument and now there are two separate venues). It was a nice place but with two huge screens on the walls showing some videos so I felt like in a cinema. Well, the music was good so we danced for an hour and we drank some rum. So far, no club wins with El Suave in Medellin....
In general I had a great day and night although I felt frustrated. On Sunday there is a second tour of the presidential elections (Mockus contra Santos) so all the clubs, pubs and bars will be closed all the weekend. It is a law saying that people can't drink before the elections, to make a right choice without hangover. So... no dancing this weekend.
