So we were sitting at my apartment deciding where to go and shoot for the official help portrait day (12-12-09). Over peanut butter and jelly we decided on two towns, the first day we would hit La Ceja (means Eyebrow in English) and the second, El Carmen (no direct translation). They are about 25 minutes apart and they would be easy to reach by Colombia's very good public transportation system.

We pack up our backpacker's studio along with the, what feels like 100 pound vagabond battery and canon printer. A full set of ink cartridges and 40 sheets of paper...oh yeah!!!

Photos and more details of our trip after the break...

We get to the bus stop that everyone told us to go to and we wait for the bus...one bus goes by...doesn't stop....two buses...then three...then four. Finally we say....SCREW THIS!!!! We are taking a cab. We flag the first cab down we see and he says he can't take us because it's the holiday season and the cops are being really strict on public transport and he doesn't have all his papers. So about 30 minutes later we finally find a crazy cab driver who is willing to take us to La Ceja for 10,000 pesos each ($5.00 dollars)....the show's finally on the road!!!!!!!!

The cab ride was scary, very scary...we found it almost impossible to write out our wills while the maniac cab driver took Colombia's mountain roads at about 130km an hour. We just couldn't keep the pen on the paper...curse the 6 g's we pulled at every corner.

We made it to La Ceja in one piece and our adventure began....

I'll keep this short and simple and let the video and the photos do the talking, but I just want to point out one EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ERROR that happened to us we think is pretty important for everyone.

WE LOST SOME PICTURES!!!! WHY BECAUSE WE FORMATTED, DIDN'T REALIZE IT AND KEPT SHOOTING!!!! CRAPOLA!!!!!!!!!

Here are the pictures, not the best we've ever taken but definitely the ones that made us feel the best....and really...what else matters!!!

Happy Holidays everyone!!!

Now get off your booty and go give a little back!!

Andy & Michael