La ruta de lost Chiu

I knew going to a new continent would be an adventure and it is - in so many ways. Here I want to share with you some of the things that have surprised us, but that are completely normal here. Note: a lot of these photos were taken in Colombia, but have proved to be the same in Ecuador and Peru too, so Colombia, I'm not picking on you!!! I'll try to put things in groups - though as I look back at my photos, it looks like most seem to revolve around food... Milk in bags Our first surprise. I can't work out how to store this once it's open. I imagine that people have a jug to keep it in, however, since we are not travelling with a jug we avoid buying the bags. Sauces in bags At least some of these have screw caps so we can use these more easily. Giant Passion Fruit! Passion fruit is one of my favourite fruits so finding that they are not only plentiful, but huge has been a joy!! Yum yum! Tea IN milk  Trying to find a cup of English st...

"Wow!" said Tali. "Look at the octopus on that door!" And she wasn't joking. Just to clarify, it wasn't a live octopus, but a rather fabulous door knocker. As we continued walking through the streets of Cartagena over the next week we noticed more and more elaborate knockers and doors. And, since I love creativity in practical things, not to mention I love doors, I started taking photos of them. Lots. Fast forward a few days and Tali and I are on a street art tour during which some things about the fancy looking doors were explained to us. Firstly the doors themselves. Many are large with a smaller door within. The small door was used daily by servants, members of the house, some visitors. However, when an important visitor came, then the door would be opened to it's fullest to show respect for the esteemed guest.  The other thing that was pointed out were the metal studs on the outside of the door. I had assumed there were merel...