It’s my last day in Cali. Andres, the Ombudsman of the city,
picks me up at noon. We drive out to the country for lunch and to discuss
happiness indicators for Cali. Looking out the window sugar cane expands across
the high valley surrounded by barely visible higher mountains. The restaurant serves typical food of
Cali: flattened plantains with a lovely green sauce, deep fried cheese wrapped
plantains, a deep chicken soup laced with more plantains and chicken. We talk nuts and bolts about measuring
happiness in Cali. We chase our
discussion with a local mixture of beer and juice. The rest of the day we visit a sugar cane farm, have coffee –
Colombian coffee - while we share music, and then go to a the Petronio Alvarez
music festival where there are over 100,000 people in attendance.
Posted by Laura Musikanski, ED of HI
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