Naughty by Nature put on a surprisingly awesome show, and when they screamed, “You down with OPP?” I yelled back, “Yeah you know me!” I was apparently the only one nearby that knew the lyrics, and my excited response attracted the curious stares of everyone within earshot.

Before I was persuaded to do otherwise by Paisas in Pereira, I was planning to go to Bogotá first to settle in for awhile, look for an apartment, and get to know the city. However, I was deflected to Medellín, and BOOM – a month went by. I finally arrived to Bogotá on Friday morning [...]