Cali es Cali

Cali is a city that people get stuck in.  It doesn't get all that many tourists coming through.  But of those that do it is surprising the number that will say they intended to stay for a few days but now have been here for weeks or months and aren't sure when they are leaving.  I don't really get it.  Colombia is a country of beauty beyond words and there are dozens of places that I would urge people to visit.  But Cali just is not one of them.  There's really not much here.  The city isn't particularly beautiful, there aren't any spectacular museums or parks, or really much of anything to do besides salsa dance.  I can't quite figure out what would hold people here.

And yet I think I'm about to be one of those people.

All year I've been planning to travel in July before I come home.  I really want to visit Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.  But I'm finding myself making excuses.  Its going to be winter there and I don't have any winter clothes here.  The visa is expensive.  Maybe I should just stay in Cali, this city I'm not even that crazy about.

I'm going to struggle to tear myself away from this city.  I know there is going to be tears when I have to leave.  It's absolutely inexplicable but I somehow seem to have fallen in love with this city that I don't even like very much. There is just something about it, even though I can't say what.