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Ever being the optimist, I’d like to think that Gilesy’s greatest Colombian moment is yet to come<\/strong>. I’d also like to think that, this time, this optimism is fairly well-founded. I’m standing on the brink of becoming a full-blown father<\/strong>: Sahani Lewin Giles Rosales is just two months away from coming out into the world. I wrote that sentence with a perfect balance of trepidation and excitement. The realisation of this birth marks a drastically different, Colombian, stage in my life, and has firmly established the fact that I am no longer simply\u00a0travelling\u00a0<\/em>in Colombia<\/strong>, but actually\u00a0living <\/em><\/a>here.<\/p>\n

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Gilesy enjoying a Colombian Christmas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As a result, meeting the mother of my child<\/strong> would obviously rate rather highly. And, indeed, my crazily intense week down in Pasto and its surrounds is right up there – all the vomit and terror<\/a> notwithstanding. Not only did my Pasto experience firmly cement my interpersonal love, it rubber-stamped the deepness of my passion for Colombia<\/strong> – a country that constantly suprises me with its diversity and warmth.<\/p>\n

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The proud parents-to-be. In nappies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The most obvious and clear memories I retain in my life are those generated from travelling, and Colombia is no different in this respect. Swinging in a hammock (finally) up in Tayrona<\/a>; getting almost hopelessly lost in the mists<\/strong> and giant palm trees of Cocora valley<\/a>; listening to the beating heart of paisa culture on our Antioquia tour<\/a>: these are easy images to draw out of my time-addled brain. Still, other moments, just as strong at the time, but hard to pinpoint now, are equally important for sealing my love for this country<\/strong>. Stumbling out of some unknown club into the oddly bright Bogota sunlight after one of those ridiculously intense Bogota nights; finally realising I caught the right Santa Marta bus that will take me to Tayrona; or chewing the fat with local farmers<\/strong> in a little Boyaca\u00a0tienda<\/em>: moments such as these meant just as much at the time, and I’d argue it’s these seemingly-mundane and easy-to-forget moments<\/strong> in which you really feel the heart of a country. I’m happy to say that I reckon Colombia’s heart beats strongly, intensely and joyfully. I hope I get to hear it for many years to come.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What’s your favourite Colombian moment?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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