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  • Tejo (Columbian Lawn Bowling)

    Tejo is like lawn bowling

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    But the little triangle targets are full of gunpowder

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    So they explode when you hit them

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    This shot was definitely thrown by Kerri and not an experienced guide

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    The guide usually managed to hit right in the middle and not cause an explosion.

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    Most people were more interested in the spectator sports

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  • We Found the Lost City!

    We found the lost city

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    Using the same method as most intrepid explorers

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    We paid someone who already knew where it was to take us there.

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    We have named it Kerrimatt’s Newfoundville

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    The locals call it Teyuna

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    But when has that ever mattered?

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    Everyone calls it the Lost City because of some National Geographic documentary.

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    But that name is just silly now that we’ve found it!

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    And we wouldn’t want it to have a silly name!

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    The buildings were all made of mud and wood

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    So all that’s left is the round foundations

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    And stairs.

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  • Lost City Hike Day 3

    Two roads diverged in a green jungle

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    And sorry we could not travel both

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    And search for creatures, crawly and fungal

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    Along the path looked Matt, the uncle

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    To where it bent in the undergrowth

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    Down those forgotten paths there could be

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    Ancient cities of magnificence

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    Two roads diverged in a jungle and we

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    Followed our guide down the one most travelled, see

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    And that has made all the difference

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    Because we didn’t get lost in the wood

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    and eaten by a jaguar or a snake

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    Or step where we should not have stood

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    The path less traveled surely would

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    have made absolutely everything ache

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  • Teyuna Sculptures

    This is a map of the area around Teyuna

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    The stars are other cities

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    Like this one that’s still buried in the jungle

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    You’re going to have to use some imagination

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    But the roads did lead to other cities

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    This is a throne

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    We got to pretend to be king

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    This is for grinding corn

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    This is a statue of a frog

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    It was in the middle of town

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    You’ll have to use a bit of imagination to see the frog too.

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    But it’s a bit frog like.

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  • Lost City Hike Day 2

    We walked

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    And we walked

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    And we slid

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    And the vultures were hanging out close

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    Because we smelled like we were dead

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    And getting wet only made it the smell worse

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    Because nothing ever dried

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    Matt thought he found some gold

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    Because he’s a fool

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    Kerri knew that gold doesn’t float to the top

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    It’s a lot harder than that to find gold in these hills

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    Sugarcane, on the other hand is easy to find

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    You just have to look for the weird flowers.

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