Minca, Colombia, October 3rd, 2012
After our visit to the coffee plantation, our driver took us to the Blue Well, a half-hour hike from the road to a gorgeous swimming spot on the Minca river. It was such a lush, beautiful, secluded spot that I want to share the pictures with you.
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Much of the walk was easy, along a “road”.
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The trail got a bit more exciting after we crossed the bridge.
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This is the view from the bridge.
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We are close to the swimming spot now.
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The rapids are so pretty but also strong.
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These bathing beauties have found a nice bit of rock to stand on.
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Robb jumps into the pool. Pete also jumped. The rest of entered more cautiously from the edge.
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Hello from Tony and Jane.
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Further downsteam was a rope swing that Robb also tried out.
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Looking back: the view upstream.
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With all that hiking and swimming we worked up a thirst and an appetite. Here is Jen snacking on greasy, savoury but tasty Colombian street food in Minca.
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Pete tries the local coffee — con leche.
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Robb enjoys coffee and cake.
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The busy day was too much for Tony. When he protested he was too tired to walk to dinner, Pete carried him.
Oh good LORD that place looked like Paradise!! Just beautiful! PETE…have you lost weight? Lookin’ good!! 🙂
Yep, Pete has lost weight since we started the trip.
I heard a rumor that Tony and Pete get carried away at times …
I spent a couple of weeks in Minca in 1969, sleeping in a hammock on someone’s porch – my then husband & I swam in the river every day. When we got back to Barranquilla, Colombia we had a horrible full-body itch which lasted a week & was diagosed to come from ajen (might be spelled wrong, pronounced ahen) — an insect in the Minca river. Last year my now ex-husband went back there, & forgetting that that was the place where we had gotten the ajen, again swam in the river, & again came down with that unimaginable itch from ajen. Has anyone else heard of this? experienced it?