Latin America is incredibly hospitable, and we've been told even more so here on the coast. It's so humbling it's almost uncomfortable.
Case and point:
Billy- the Dad of a friend in Bogotá. Just in knowing his daughter, Billy picked us up from the Santa Marta airport, fed us lunch (twice), let us use his house to store our things and ended up driving us 3 hours to Cartagena.
Lilly- we met Lilly when we needed somewhere to store our luggage for a week. She is a friend of our landlord. Our landlord simply called, asked if we could drop our things and instantly we were granted permission into her home, met her and her family, and exchanged phone numbers.
Eduardo- truly a saint! We met Eduardo while on the search for a carribeaner (long story). Anyway, we hit up the local hardware stores within walking distance. After some beautiful diagrams and some new Spanish terms, we knew what we needed, but it could only be found at Home Sentry (the Home Depot of Colombia). We're familiar with Home Sentry because in Bogotá I did a dance-spasm-move at the store that ended up in a fall so ridiculous, I'm sure the security tape will make it to YouTube soon. Anyway, after giving us directions, Eduardo finally said "vamos" and like that we went with him out of the old city, caught a bus and ended up at a very nice mall. Eduardo not only went with us to the mall, but made sure we found the carribeaner. After saying multiple rounds of "muchas gracias" and "adiós", he actually found us again to make sure we knew directions to get back home.
It's a really an amazing feeling to be so blessed by strangers. I hope and pray we can do the same!
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