{"id":13177,"date":"2014-01-24T14:05:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T19:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=13177"},"modified":"2016-06-30T13:16:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T18:16:33","slug":"jls-greatest-colombian-moment-tayrona-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2014\/01\/jls-greatest-colombian-moment-tayrona-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"JL&#8217;s Greatest Colombian Moment: Tayrona National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was early 2011 and I was still yet to make a decision. Marce and I were living happily enough in Buenos Aires and were <strong>taking time to explore Colombia during the summer,\u00a0<\/strong>having already passed through Villa de Leyva, Medellin, the Coffee Region and Cartagena. Little did we know this would be <strong>our final destination<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That day we woke up very early, the <strong>early morning sun ricocheting off our hammocks<\/strong> and the warm Caribbean winds gently swinging us from side to side. Marce and I, almost instinctively and without discussion, left the area with the hammocks, <strong>still wearing our pyjamas<\/strong>, and headed down to the shore for a wander.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13178\" style=\"width: 504px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2014\/01\/jls-greatest-colombian-moment-tayrona-national-park\/jl-botero-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13178\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13178 \" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JL-botero-1.jpg\" alt=\"JL with a Botero statue in Medellin\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JL-botero-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/JL-botero-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chilling with one of Botero&#8217;s statues in Medellin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sitting on Tayrona&#8217;s enormous rocks<\/strong>, getting splashed by the waves, we made the decision. That sea, which <strong>seemingly stretched out to infinity in front of us<\/strong>, was exactly the same as the opportunities which presented themselves to us: <strong>vast and unknown.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And so, just like that, before starting a new day, Marce and I silently realised that <strong>it was time to take the plunge<\/strong>, to finally stay in Colombia. And that&#8217;s how the first of my many &#8216;greatest memories&#8217; in Colombia, my adopted home, was born.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Written by: JL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by: Azzam<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; It was early 2011 and I was still yet to make a decision. Marce and I were living happily enough in Buenos Aires and were taking time to explore Colombia during the summer,\u00a0having already passed through Villa de Leyva, Medellin, the Coffee Region and Cartagena. 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