Going to Mompox

The day before yesterday we expected to be driven to Mompox in a seven-seater van but instead instead we got a four-seater pick-up. It was a long drive and some of the road was quite bumpy. It took a lot more time than we expected since the driver was delivering parcels as well. We also went the long way round where you do not take the ferry. We had a small stop at a gas station to fill up the tank and get refreshments. After a lot more driving we got on a car ferry made from three canoes with some planks on top. In the river there were some bits of plants. I decided to call them weed aliens.

Me on the ferry

We checked into the hostel and went for lunch in a moto-taxi. This is a means of transport. The front part is a motorbike and the other part is a little box with a seat and a roof on top. In the hostel there's a dog called Monty. Our room has a bathroom and a big bedroom. There are a double bed and two single beds. We went and had sandwiches for dinner. When we went to go and buy some water at a convenience store there was a power black-out. Lucy's theory was that she pressed a button on an arcade bingo machine and that was the off switch for the whole village. Everyone had candles. There was a nearby thunderstorm, and glowworms helped, too. The power outage wasn't too long and when the power came back on again Lucy and I blew out all the candles in the hostel to be helpful.