{"id":9296,"date":"2013-07-25T13:11:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T18:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=9296"},"modified":"2021-03-16T17:54:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T22:54:02","slug":"you-should-be-playing-tejo-the-greatest-game-of-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2013\/07\/you-should-be-playing-tejo-the-greatest-game-of-all\/","title":{"rendered":"You Should Be Playing Tejo, The Greatest Game of All."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Football? Cricket? Angry Birds? Well I\u00b4ve heard that they\u00b4re OK, but they are missing a couple of things.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, there aren\u00b4t enough\u00a0<em>real<\/em> explosions in any of them. Any Michael Bay could tell you that to make any good thing into a great thing, all you need to do is add some BOOOOOMS!! Maybe a camera-pan up to the sky now and then, but mainly BOOOOOOOMS!!<\/p>\n<p>Beer doesn\u00b4t feature enough in any of those games. Although there are ways to work the amber fluid into the above games, but it\u00b4s not really an\u00a0<em>integral\u00a0<\/em>part of the game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4576\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a style=\"text-align: center;line-height: 19px\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/living-in-colombia-the-finca-phenomenom-guest-post\/img-20120804-wa002\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4576\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4576\" src=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG-20120804-WA002.jpg\" alt=\"Do we need a caption here? BEER!\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG-20120804-WA002.jpg 600w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG-20120804-WA002-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Absolutely necessary, this stuff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK, so what we need is a game with plenty of explosions explosions michael bay explosions!!!! and where beer isn\u00b4t optional, but compulsory.<\/p>\n<p>Beer-pong covers one side, skeet-shooting the other. We don\u00b4t recommend combining the two.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u00b4t despair, though, as usual, Colombia has you covered.<\/p>\n<p>Sports-fans, let me introduce you to the three most beautiful words in the Portuguese language (they speak Portuguese in Colombia, right?):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>TEJO!!!!!!<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u00b4s how to play:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Go to a tejo bar. Shouldn\u00b4t be too hard to track down in whatever town you\u00b4re in. Just follow the BOOOMS!!<\/p>\n<p>Buy at least one crate of beer. If you don\u00b4t take this crucial step, I\u00b4m afraid you won\u00b4t be let onto the pitch itself. Compulsory, you see. Suck it up, buttercup!!! On the positive side, the game after that will be free. As long as you have beer.<\/p>\n<p>Then, get a heavy disc, and hurl it at a clay target, and specifially, the little pink triangles on said clay target. Make them go BOOOOOM!!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/04\/tejo-colombias-noisiest-sport\/2060965143_2d430af6c2_m\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-272\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272\" src=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2060965143_2d430af6c2_m.jpg\" alt=\"You\u00b4re after those triangles in the middle there. \" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You\u00b4re after those triangles in the middle there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, that\u00b4s how we played it, there were other, more serious se\u00f1ores how seemed much more seasoned pros, and there are other rules, tactics, and excitements available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still, BOOOOOMS! and beer remain the basic &#8211; and necessary &#8211; foundations of any game of tejo.<\/p>\n<p>You need to play it. It clearly is the best game ever invented!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Football? Cricket? Angry Birds? Well I\u00b4ve heard that they\u00b4re OK, but they are missing a couple of things. For one thing, there aren\u00b4t enough\u00a0real explosions in any of them. Any Michael Bay could tell you that to make any good thing into a great thing, all you need to do is add some BOOOOOMS!! 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