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-ArA" »+ •■ "j 3ti»M. w * • * + * ; h’-a.*'; •'-'f SOUTH AMERICA ffiiliSi By lohfi GoUbeigti feriU^* > * I liad die pleasure of spring my vacation wit^^y father and sister ia Meddim^ Colombia. South America is a continekc-.of $uj^»^ prises and contradictions. This was firsts thing that I observed when I landed at the : qiiilla alrpofi^ after an uneventful five-hour flight from Mia^oi.' I was told that they had Summer when we had Winter in the States, and I, there- i for^j exjpected tQ melt like a snowball, but noth-, ing like that happened. It was plenty hot but/ there was a-breeze ^1 the time. "Oh, this is the,--"- cool season,replied ^the manager of the hoiU, answering my inquiry. "You should come in ■ Winter when ic is x«^lly hot.” Later I found out that the terms "summer” and "winter” ^ used-'' ia Colombia in a very indiscriminate way. Sum’-- mer means that the^^un is shining; Wloter, t^mc nt is raining. You can wake u^. oil a beautiful ‘"i sunny morning andf it will be Summer, .and before-''Ifc the day is over it will be jaining—Winter has cornel During my travels in,Colombia, I saw jungle- * ^ and swamps on both, tfte Caribbean and Pacifib- coasts, with a s#amin^^ hot climate that would have been the e#y of any turkish bath manager. These lowlands alterna^ with mountain chains,' the Andean CordilleraSj^which rise altitude' (Continued on page 4) W5AS? A U John Cff^befget) pMndamentd Research De- pani’TtenPf 4s£shown lem4ng the Ash$vilh-Hendw^i sonviUe akport for his mmtion in South Ame/i-. ca; and his afriml at th^ mrfi^ld at Bar^nqmilUj Colombia. -art
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