Monday, June 3, 2013

A week in Bahia by Andres Zapata

A week in Bahia

In January of this year I went to El Valle, Bahia Solano located in the Chocó department. For the trip we packed: toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, insect repellent, a flashlight, a knife, towels, sandals, shorts, t-shirts and snacks.  

When we arrived to the airport, we went straight to the check in area. After we got into the plane they were saying that our flight had to be changed, because the airplane broke down and they had to move us all to another one. The second one did work, so finally, we flew.  

During the flight we could see that the landscape was changing fast, in one moment we were seeing buildings and in a few minutes we were seeing big mountains and forests, after that the Pacific Ocean was in front of us.

We got there and went to a little town called El Valle, this is a place full of kind people and they seem to live of tourism, in some moments of the year is spawning season for turtles, and breeding season for whales.

In Bahia, we went to visit different places like El Salto del Tigre, when we saw eight natural pools inside a mountain we also saw some prints that we thought were from some kind of feline, Cocalito, is a beautiful beach in an island, where we practice snorkel, La Ensenada de Utría, a natural park where we saw animals like stingray, globe-fish, snakes, and a lot of colorful little fishes.        

As I was telling before, it is a beautiful green place where the people are wonderful and very helpful. My advice for everybody is go to this place because is great and the food is delicious.  

    

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