Date:	Fri, 21 Apr 1995 05:58:28 -1000
From:	djskites@aol.com (Djskites)
Message-Id: <3n8kn4$liv@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Subject: Colombia again!

Once again I had the great pleasure to fly kites, teach, and introduce to
the wonderful people of Colombia our sport. I was supprised to find on
this latest excursion a more open mindedness about sport kiting. I went
with a full bag of kites and came back with no  bag at all! 
This time I was involved with helping the planning of the huge
International Kite Festival in August (which I will not be able to
attend). 50 kite flyers from around the world will be invited and WOW, you
flyers lucky enough to go will really be busy. 21 days of traveling around
the country side of Colombia. I just traveled this same route in 12 days,
but by Jeep. The tentitive plans is to charter a plane, but remember this
is Colombia. You might have a plane, a bus, or donkeys, nothing is ever
written in stone, that's the fun of it!
After flying my kite in the oldest city and square in Colombia, Village de
Leva (or somthing like that) and traveling the most interesting roads I
have ever seen, and not to mention avoiding the guirillas (the ones with
weapons not bannanas)like the plague, I ended up in a small city called
Bucaramanga. (say that 3 times el rapipdo). Here I found a whole new
Colombia. Country Clubs, every one had belt and car phones, 2 cars, and
with all that money, they still had the best attitudes and were very nice
loving people. Soon,(if I can help it) buggying and yes, even boat
buggying along with a huge growth in sport kiting will come about, and I
am very proud to be apart of it.

Dodd Gross


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