Necesito tomar mas!

If you are born in Colombia you come out of the womb dancing. I on the other hand came out sunny side-up.

The first time that my friends took me dancing was quite the sight. In my mind I pictured a lively venue with a dark atmosphere. A place where Megan could become a fly on the wall. My hopes were shattered. Instead the club Safari was like being on the beach on the sunniest day of the year. Bright walls, colors and lights surrounded me and it was obvious that I would not be able to hide myself.

To make the whole situation even better -- I was with a group of 20 people that I live with and see everyday. I was not going to be able to wake up the next morning without having to worry about seeing anyone that I had been with. I tried to avoid dancing for as long as possible. I would avoid eye contact with as many men as I could because I knew once I caught their gaze I was screwed. Instead I tried to act like I was in deep conversation with the people sitting near me. Which lasted a whole five minutes because they speak Costenol. Making it extremely difficult for me to understand them.

(My dance teacher -- Jorge)

Jorge had been bribed to be my salsa teacher for the night by both Jota and Lani. Let me just say that the first dance was probably the five most difficult minutes of his life. He had to try to get a piece of steel to move in the right direction with the beat of the music. By the end of the song it was obvious that we were both very relieved! He said to me, "Necesito tomar mas. Y tu?"

In Spanish it means, "I need to drink more. What about you?" That pretty much sums up the first few minutes of my night of dancing.

However, as the night progressed my dancing improved ten fold. I think this was due to a number of reasons. The main one being that throughout the night my new friends kept handing me more rum. To say the least it was a pretty entertaining night.

And due to the fact that I have some serious dancing issues I have decided to enroll in the local dance school. That's it for now!

Peace,

Megan