Ensley S.

          Me and my family are on vacation in Columbia, and  we are staying for 5 days. Yesterday, me and my family visited The Bogota Botanical Gardens in Columbia. It was very fun! There was lots of pretty flowers and palm trees. There was an artificial waterfall and labs for studying plants and flowers. It also has a library. The garden is the only one specialized in preserving and collecting Andean species of flowers.The garden is 19.5 acres are full with collections of plants grouped by their original ecosystem. There was a lot of plants and good places to eat. For lunch we had ajiaco. It was like chicken soup with chicken, potatoes, corn and more. Then we walked around some more, and spent we spent the whole day there. then we decided to go back to the hotel.

          Today we got up early and had a beach day. I packed Colombian food, a towel, sunscreen, just everything you would want to take to the beach. We had lots of fun swimming in the ocean. Then we decided to would be super fun to go snorkeling, so we did! I saw lots of beautiful fish and animals. There was a eel and sea plants. It was super fun. After me and my brother built sand castles. We then had lunch and we had Tamales. They are cooked corn cough with meat, chicken, and vegetables. After I decided to relax and read. Then I took some pictures. We swam in the ocean for a while and then i heard a scream! I looked over and saw a huge shark! It was super scary with lots of sharp teeth. No one got hurt, that was good. After i stayed out of the water for a while we watched the sunset and took some pictures. Then we went to dinner at a restaurant. I don't remember what it was called. Then we went back to the hotel, watched a movie, and fell asleep.

         Today, we went on a tour of the jungle! We got up early and drove to the jungle. It was a long drive but worth it. There was this long path surrounded by big trees and you couldn't really see above you! because there was so many trees! I saw some monkeys and some other animals. I was walking on the path and all of a sudden i walked into a huge spiderweb! Ewe, it was so gross. After walking for a while we stopped and ate lunch. It was very good.Then we kept going, and I can't believe I saw a Jaguar! It was so cool. We also saw many birds and plants. After our tour was over, we went swimming, again. Then we went to dinner to celebrate our last day, but I was sad we were leaving. After dinner we went to our hotel and went to bed because we had a long day of traveling tomorrow.