... in response to What to do in Cali?, posted by pgitano on Jan 8, 2002If you like the outdoors and are in decent shape you can hike up to Tres Cruces. Water and Gatorade can be bought half way up and then again at the top. For someone not used to physical activity this would be a difficult hike. The first half is much easier than the second half. I am an avid quail and grouse hunter. At the lower part of the hike I heard many bobwhite quail calling. I was surprised to hear this. When I got back home I did some reading on their range and I was surprised to find that a subspecies is common there. Probably not a good place to be caught holding an over and under 20 gauge though. :-) The army patrols this trail so don't worry. I would still do the hike with a local. Oh and by the way there are some beautiful girls doing this trail for excercise. I can easily say that being on top of the mountain with my friend was the best part of my trip.
Another option is going to some riding stables and doing a trail ride. If you go choose the long ride on Sunday afternoon. Take some dry shoes and pants. The last few miles of the ride is up the middle of a cold river. You can buy lunch at the riding stables before the group leaves. I think they leave at 1:00 or 2:00. I think the secretary Paola at All Colombian Girls can tell you the name of the place. It is several miles out of the city. I also saw a lot of solders in this area. Oh yes and a very important note!! Do not pick out the ugly white horse! I had some heart to heart discussions with that horse about how I would send him to a glue factory. Take a girl with you for this. It was a great day. There were many people on this ride. I was the only gringo. There was one guy from Japan. The rest were Colombian. The girl I was there with had a good horse that would run. I was just happy that my horse didn't die before the end of the ride. I rode with some Colombian guys who spoke English. We drank their aquardiente. I am not a drinker but that stuff is very smooth and taste pretty good. The guys insisted that American women were more beautiful than Colombian women. I assured them they believed this because of too much aguardiente.
