‎‎February ‎5, ‎2011

Rode to Medellin. This city is 2.5 million. Traffic is horrendous and my GPS maps are non existent. I requested maps from "OpenSourseMaps"  a few days ago and have heard nothing. Now with no computer, I can't receive or install them even if they come. After stopping in Medellin and getting accosted by a beggar while trying to get directions, we decide to carry on and find a much smaller town. Just before dark, we arrive in Santa Rosa, north of Medellin and after a drive around town, find a nice hotel with a wedding in preparation. After settling in, we go for our usual walk around the central plaza and adjacent streets. We find a shop selling a laptop Dell. Its too big and expensive, but a clerk asks to help us and we ask about a smaller notebook computer. Just so happens she has 1 and its on sale. Ended up buying a new Samsung 320gb with 2gs of ram. Spent the rest of the night installing, updating and setting up this new machine.