Back in Italy and best-of Colombia

Here I am, back in Italy. Today I celebrate one month back home with my family
My Latin-America trip is over, after 15 months on the road.
I have started a reflexion phase about my trip, because I really need to think about all the things I have lived and learnt.

But before writing the "results" in the next post, I would like to dedicate this one to complete the series of "best-of". This one with Colombia and San Blas (Panama), the last places I have visited before flying home.

Also the last 40 days of my trip were simply fantastic, here a few highlights:

• I spent more than 2 weeks in Bogotá, meeting again an old friend and making a lot of new ones. I also discovered many sustainable initiatives and had the opportunity to present Sustainable Couch. More about this in the November Newsletter: Sustainable Couch in Colombia
• I enjoyed the wonderful Caribbean beached around Cartagena and Santa Marta. I will never forget a midnight swim with full moon in Playa Blanca. I spent 3 days in that wonderful beach, sleeping on a hammock a few meters from the sea
• I discovered the beauty of La Tajira region, together with a great travel companion
• I had the most amazing sailing experience during a 4-day cruise from Cartagena to San Blas. The commander was a Wiener so we enjoyed Austrain food on board (for me, of course, vegetarian)
• ...and many more memories I will always keep in my heart.

But back to the present now, in my home town, Gavi. It has snowed for the last 24 hours and there are more than 30 centimeters snow in the streets. Only a few cars are disturbing the white peace which covered the landscape.

I have been here for a month, the longest period I have spent in Italy since 2004. My home is warm and comfortable, I like staying with my parents. I have a few plans for 2013, but first I want to conclude my reflexion regarding the trip.

Even more important, I want to be "present" in the present.
This is what I really want to do.
I am happy.

Massi on the road (no more on the road, at least for a while)


Best-of Colombia & San Blas

Presentation of Sustainable Couch in Bogotá

Playa Blanca, near Cartagena

Parque Tayrona, Santa Marta