Pirates of the Caribbean

Everyone knows the famous movies 'Pirates of the Caribbean' with Jack Sparrow. I think it was kind of based on a true story. The history of the Caribbean islands is all about pirates. One of the most fierce pirates out of the history is Captain Morgan. They say he hide his treasure in a cave in San Andrés. I visited the cave, it's amazing. I searched for the treasure, but they probably already removed it. The guy who was leading us around told me he had been diving in the cave and said he came out in the ocean. I think that had probably been the way out for Captain Morgan too.

Also the thunderstorms you see in the movies aren't fiction. When it storms here in the Caribbean, you can feel the ground shake under your feet. I have never been afraid of storms in Belgium, but the first time I experienced it here, I pulled my pillow over my head.
12 October 2011: Dia de la raza or day of the races. Here in San Andrés you can find all kind of people and all kind of cultures: black, white, rastas, Christian, Jewish,... That's one of the most beautiful things about this place. They accept you for who you are, no matter how you look like, what your believes are or what your culture is. El dia de la raza is a very important holiday for the people here. All the schools of the island had to march in one big orkest. It was an honor to be a part of it.

From the day I arrived in Colombia, I could tell that there were going to be elections. Everywhere you looked you could see the campaigns. The rules of the rotary exchange program say that an exchange student can't be involved with politics, but it was kind of hard not to get involved. There were two contestants in the running to become the new governor of the island, one of them was the principal of our school.
The day of the truth: 30 of october, a really busy and stressy day. All the islanders had to go to give their vote, the traffic was crazy. Everyone was really excited to know who would win. At night around 6 o'clock we knew who had won. We were really happy to know that the new governor would be the director of Colegio Luis Amigo. She starts the first of January and within 4 years there will be new elections.
Latino people like to party, so when it was halloween you could notice it. They really like this day here. Everywhere people dressed up and little children with a bucket in their hand to collect some candy. Even at school we could come in disguise, that was something I couldn't imagine happening in Belgium.

At this time everyone is really busy to search clothes and arrange everything for another really important day: the graduation day.
Greetings from San Andrés!