After Salento, I was at a loss as to where to head next. There aren’t that many recommended tourist destinations in the south of Colombia, at least not many that people get super excited about, requiring them to start gushing unsolicited advice, as had been the case so far with Colombia. Some folks were headed straight to Ecuador, but that was one long ass bus journey to the border. The main options were Cali, Popayán, and San Agustín. Had a couple of friends been with me, I might have picked Cali, the salsa dancing capital of Colombia. But I’d been told there wasn’t too much to do there in terms of must-see sites and that the main focus was nightlife, specifically salsa dancing. As I write this, that all sounds really fun to me, but at the time, this stopover was meant to break up the journey to Ecuador and be a bit of a rest after an activity-filled stay in Salento. So Cali didn’t really fit the mold for me… despite the fact that Anthony Bourdain visited Cali for some Colombian ceviche (ie, mayo and ketchup covered shrimp, mmmmm). San Agustín seemed more intriguing, with odd, inexplicable archeology sites, horseback riding, and even a rumored (not […]