The city has a few older colonial buildings in decent shape, there are quite a few that are crumbling and then lots of ugly, industrial looking cement blocks.
Here are some pictures that I took around town.
The main plaza is filled with the super tall wax palms…
In the old city section, San Antonio.
That same kit church that is in every Colombian town!
A pretty oasis just 2kms outside the city center (a $8000 COP taxi ride or about $5USD) is the Cali Zoo.
It’s a very cool (and manageable) zoo with a mix of animals native to Colombia and a few big “show stopper” animals from other parts of the world. Here’s what I saw…
This crazy bird, the Andean Cock of the Rock.
There is a beak under those feathers…
Lots of beautiful parrots…
And flamingos…
And Cesar hatching from an egg…
Peak of that day: Watching the baby monkeys monkeying around.
Pit of the day: Men in Cali are aggressive. Cat calling once in a while? Flattering. Getting shouted at non-stop? Irritating.
Love the animal pictures — but no fair not to post photos of the baby monkeys playing, since you mentioned them! That would be my favorite thing too…
They were moving too fast! Didn’t get any good shots…oh well…next time. I’m definitely going back to Colombia.
Oh well…I’ll forgive ya’ this time. After all, you did post a pic of a monkey sticking out his tongue…that’s almost as good!
Hey! I iave being to Cali and it not at all how you describe it!!! You used the worst pictures!