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The Dog Blog - By Seth

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  There are a lot of dogs in Colombia. They are well-behaved dogs. The first dog I met on this trip is a dog called Toby who lives in a restaurant. He is fat and friendly and likes to get rubbed on his back with feet.   There is another dog we see when we go on walks. We named him Leon because there are pictures of lions on the front of the house he guards. And here he was waiting for us   There are also dogs without a leash that follow their owners.    Though this dog had a leash Sometimes people leave water and food on the side of the road for dogs to eat. Dogs also eat human’s scraps or bones when we can’t finish. There is also a type of dog that we call “Trail Dogs”. They follow you sometimes on trails. They just walk back and forth on the route and accompany us. Dogs like me and I like them. 
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Differences from Colombia and America (And a revisit to Salento) - By Maria

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There are some fun differences about Colombia from America. Two of my favorites are animal crossing signs on roads and the different types of locks on doors and windows in houses.  Here are some pictures to show you.  Human crossing (this was not where people were normally walking)  Fox crossing Spectacled Bear crossing Not sure what this one is but I think it's some nocturnal rodent.  I think this is another rodent Deer crossing Cow Crossing A cow crossing                                                     There were also signs for iguanas, pumas, anteaters, armadillos, lizzards, monkeys, parrots, and dog crossings. It was hard to get pictures when we were driving though.  Here are some pictures of locks that I thought were fun.  This is a window lock This is a modern door lock on most front doors. This whole window opens but t...
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Flowers of Colombia - By Maria

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In Colombia we stayed in several different places with a variety of different types of flowers. Some flowers that grow here also grow in Minnesota but some are tropical and you'd never see them in Minnesota. Since there are so many flowers here that are so pretty, I wanted to share about them so here are some pictures.   These are two birds that often showed up in our yard and feeders. The blue one is a Blue Gray Tanager and the yellow one is a Saffron Finch. A Saffron Finch eating a piece of rice. This ones called a Great Kiskidee  
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