Kite Boarding? ¿Por que no?!

After a 1 hour collectivo ride to Uribia, we were told to get to Cabo de la Vela we must switch to a 4x4 for the last leg of the journey. What we did not know was that these trucks also transport the entire town and all their goods for weeks. This picture shows the truck about halfway loaded with supplies and our backpacks. Finally we and the two other Americans we were traveling with get in the truck and slowly more and more people pile in.  The bumpy dirt road through the desert was pretty uncomfortable, but unforgetable. Whats the only thing better than spending 2.5 hours in the back of this pick-up? Doing it with 17 other people! This puts those silly American notions of car-pooling to shame. 2 people is no car pool when you can fit at least 23 (17 in the bed, 2 on the roof, and 4 in the cab) and still pack a few hundred pounds of groceries (manly CocaCola) on the roof.

 

Hospedaje Pujuru in Cabo de la Vela where for 10,000 pesos (US $5) you get your own hammock for the night and 1 bucket of water to shower with.The huts in this town are made from the inside of the large cacti.

We didn´t know it before hand, but Cabo de la Vela is a hotspot for kiteboarding with it´s constant winds, flat water, and large shallow bay. We asked a guy we had been watching kiteboard about lessons and decided to give it a shot. Turns out manuvering the kite is harder than it looks! Here is Molly learning the ropes with our instructor Martin literally making sure she doesn´t get blown out to sea.

Jordan techniques of being carried by the kite before getting on the board. It was a challenging and incredibly fun day and we both hope to try again some day in the Gorge!

Next stop San Gil!