Getting high in Colombia

I'm currently in San Gil, Santander, Colombia - an eco-adventure tourism town, that seems quite lovely. After a long bus ride last night, I decided to keep going (at 1 in the morning!) and continue on til here... Then, bright and early a decision to go for my first paragliding trip - quite an interesting experience - definitely cool, but not the adrenaline rush I was expecting - a couple of really cool videos are now up on youtube, so take a look.

And.. another tidbit on the military situation.

Apparently the Military (good guys) and the paramilitary (bad guys) have never been in an armed conflict. The paramilitary have been responsible for lots of ethnic cleansing - removing undesirables like homeless people and homosexuals.

The FARC (Guerrilas) apparently control about 30% of the drug trade - or a guesstimated $1 million per day, and the paramilitary the other 70%. CASH, CASH, CASH.