Greetings, human walkers, how are you...

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This week I had the opportunity to learn a little more about my department called Antioquia; it is located in the country of Colombia.
For those who don't know, I live in MedellĂ­n, and this time we traveled to the municipality of Envigado to find a beautiful place hidden in the mountains.
This place is known as El Salado and is characterized by the natural pools where many people come to bathe in the river on Sundays and when Monday is a public holiday.

We had already visited part of this site a few months ago, but we were not physically prepared for the demands of the mountains; so this time we made a three-hour hike with a bit better physical condition to reach this magical place.

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The walk is challenging, and we were always bordering the river (it is called Quebrada La Ayura), but what I did not anticipate was that it would become increasingly difficult. In fact, there came a point where we decided to turn back because we didn't know the way, and it was just trees (we felt lost); but then two angels appeared: a pair of expert hikers, they even had poles similar to those of skiers and a super-equipped backpack. They gave us directions on how to reach our goal and invited us to continue with them to a certain point.

What I didn't count on was that they climbed a lot through that forest, and I was the last one, pretending it was to take care of the group, but the reality was that I was already exhausted (we had been walking uphill for about 2 hours), and I had to pace myself. The good thing was that I made it and reached a flat area where they gave us fruit to eat and peanuts, very kind of them. From there, they gave us the final directions, and we started to descend the mountain.

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The waterfall is hidden; we heard it among the trees and decided to follow its sound. When we got there, the power of nature showed us that we will never be above it. But this waterfall was just for us that day, it is magical; it seems to be built since its fall looks like it has a slide.
The water is cold, but it helped me recover my legs, the sound is beautiful, and we decided to take a bath that froze our bones, hehe...
There we ate something we had in the small backpack we carried (snacks, sweets, and some chips) and refilled our thermos with water.
Here are some photos of this wonder:

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As we were descending, we admired the landscape and I found this bird that posed for my camera lens. Something I didn't like was that in the distance, we heard shotgun shots; I suppose there were people practicing this activity that I don't like because it harms the animal ecosystem of the area.
The terrain is not easy either up or down; there are good parts, but more complex parts to travel through. It is a landscape wherever you look.

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I really loved this adventure; many times we miss out on such wonderful places out of laziness or because we don't have money, but our investment was 1 dollar (with which I bought a beer at the end of the hike at a small kiosk).

Thank you very much for reading about my adventure, reminding you to learn something new, travel, exercise, and most importantly, seek YOUR HAPPINESS.

BLESSINGS, REMEMBER THAT TRAVELING WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU A STORY TO TELL.


SPANISH VERSION (CLICK HERE!👈)


Saludos humanos caminantes como estĂĄn...

Esta semana tuve la oportunidad de conocer un poco mas mi departamento llamado Antioquia; este esta ubicado en el paĂ­s de Colombia.
Para los que no saben yo vivo en Medellín y este ocasión viajamos hacia el municipio de Envigado a buscar un lugar muy hermoso oculto entre las montañas.
Esto por allí se le dice el Salado y se caracteriza por los charcos donde muchas personas vienen a bañarse al rio los días Domingo y cuando cae lunes Festivo.

Ya habíamos visitado una parte de este sitio hace algunos meses, pero no eståbamos preparados físicamente para las exigencias de las montañas; así que en esta vez hicimos un recorrido a pie con un poco mejor de nivel físico de unas 3 horas para llegar a este mågico lugar.

La caminata es exigente y siempre estĂĄbamos bordeando el rio ( se llama quebrada la Ayura ), pero con lo que yo no contaba era que cada se tornaba mas difĂ­cil, es mas hubo un punto en que decidimos devolvernos porque no sabĂ­amos el camino y solo eran arboles( nos sentimos perdidos ); pero se nos aparecieron 2 ĂĄngeles: una pareja de caminantes expertos, hasta tenĂ­an como unos palos parecidos a los de esquiadores y un bolso sĂșper equipado. Ellos nos dieron las indicaciones de como llegar hacia nuestro objetivo y nos invitaron a que continuĂĄramos con ellos hasta cierto punto.

Con lo que yo no contaba era que ellos subían mucho por ese bosque y yo me quede de ultimo simulando que era para cuidar, pero la realidad es que ya estaba agotado( llevåbamos alrededor de 2 horas caminando en pendiente) y me tocaba regular. Lo bueno fue que lo logre y pude llegar digamos a un terreno plano donde ellos nos dieron fruta para comer y maní, muy amables . Ya de allí nos dieron las ultimas indicaciones y empezamos a bajar por la montaña.

La cascada esta oculta, la escuchamos entre los arboles y decidimos seguir su sonido, Al llegar allĂ­ el poder de la naturaleza nos demuestra que nunca estaremos por encima de ella. Pero esta cascada este dĂ­a era solo para nosotros, es magica; parece que estuviera construida ya que su caĂ­da pareciera que tuviese un lisadero.
El agua es fría pero me ayudo a recuperar las piernas, el sonido es hermoso y nos decidimos darnos un baño que nos congelo los huesos jeje..
Allí comimos algo que teníamos en el pequeño bolso que llevåbamos ( snacks, dulces y un poco de papas fritas ) y rellenamos nuestro termo con agua.
AquĂ­ algunas fotos de esta maravilla:

Ya bajando admiråbamos el paisaje y me encontré con esta ave que poso para mi lente de la cåmara. Algo que si no me gusto es que lo lejos se escuchaban disparos de escopetas, supongo que había personas practicando esta actividad que no me gusta porque acaban con el ecosistema animal de la zona.
El terreno no es fĂĄcil ni subiendo ni bajando, tiene partes buenas pero es mas las partes complejas para transitar. Es un paisaje por donde lo mires.

De verdad que me encanto esta aventura, muchas veces nos perdemos de sitios tan maravillosos por pereza o porque no tenemos dinero, pero nuestra inversión fue de 1 dólar ( con el me compre una cerveza al final del recorrido en un pequeño kiosko ).

Muchas gracias por leer mi aventura, recordĂĄndote aprender algo nuevo, viajar, hacer deporte y lo mĂĄs importante buscar TU FELICIDAD.

BENDICIONES, RECUERDA QUE VIAJAR SIEMPRE TE DARÁ UNA HISTORIA QUE CONTAR.


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CREDITS:
To whom it may concern,is not investment advice.
Ethnocentric fonts used .
Use of images from the my authorship under my editing for photoshop and i.a. My native language is Spanish, I use Deepl translator. Thanks