On Monday we went to see "cabalgata" (horses parade). Horse owners gather on one street and they show off their beautiful horses and the way they walk (for example the "paso fino" steps). It was nothing special to be honest, just horses walking down the street and owners chatting to each other, as if there was no crowd watching them all the time (cabalgata in the picture). Well, at least it was a great way to spend an afternoon with family or friends. Orlando said that before they used to ride horses and drink alcohol at the same time, and then maltreating the animals (and felling down the horses I would imagine). For this reason cabalgata was suspended for one year. They started organising it again however alcohol has been prohibited.
In the evening we went to melomanos meeting. At the beginning they played very old salsa music and then there was a concert of a very good orchestra called Willie Rosario (it's name of the singer and name of his orchestra). The concert was great and all the local people knew words of all the songs by heart.

Yesterday the Couch Surfing people met in Plaza de Toros to dance salsa. There was also stand up comedy and some funny competitions.
This morning I had a long conversation with Yeimmy, my wonderful friend I live with. I admire her so much. She works as a stewardess for Avianka airlanes, one of the best South American airlines. She also sells clothes and cosmetics which she buys in New York, where everything is cheaper than in Colombia. She also works on a project, she asked me not to say what it is until it is finalised but I am sure she will be successfull and her business will go very well. She is doing this on her own. She has a great help from her aunt who lives in US and from few friends but all decisions are taken by Yeimmy. She told me a story of her childhood, it wasn't all roses (just like my life). In fact, her life was very hard until she got independent, found a good job and she understood that she had to cut off all the past to be happy.