Cali is a rather poor choice for new year, as we realise, after arriving at the end of the 25-30 December ferias. Next day, early awakening and the bus to Pompayan.

Cali to Pompayan – south Colombia : 4 hours on a bus – Going around a bridge that is no more – we are calmly told” it was bombed yesterday” (by whom? no one asks – no one wants to know). Helicopters hovering above and billboards addressed obviously to the guerrillas ” You don’t have to live like this: You have an option – Demobilize now!” .