Coaching | What about Pereira and Manizales?

Hey.. I follow my travel around to Colombia coaching the AIESEC LCs of some cities.


Pereira...
After my great stop in Cali.. Pereira was waiting to me. Those people is extremely kind!.. I stayed almost four days in Pereira at Nati`s house (she is PBOX manager and the "first Lady" of IS in AIESEC International as well.. yeap.. the Kiko´s girlfriend! jejeje) ..

Pereira is located in exactly 3 and a half hours from Cali. It is a small city in the part of Colombia calls "Coffee Zone" or "Eje Cafetero". Beautiful.. everywhere smells to coffee and everybody smile all the time. Juank arrived the wednesday and our meetings there was a success! A lot of questions... a lot!!

People Development Team is the smallest one of the LC, just 4 people but they want to integrate more than that, also they need it. This team had a crisis in the begin of the year because some internal problems, and they started with a new VP 3 months ago. But, now they are working so hard!.. it`is incredible the huge results that the area is delivering.

The last night there they take us to eat hot dog!.. THE hot dog.. I ate it even with strawberry!! can you believe this?? jejeje was funny.! I`ve always enjoyed my visits to Pereira.. they are so funny and also with great motivation to work for @!


Manizales...
We arrived to Manizales, friday early. That day we had our Conference Team Meeting. At last all the facilitators were together checking the details of the event.

Manizales is a really famous city of Colombia because there take place every year the "Reinado Internacional del Café", at january.

But the most extraordinry thing is the Manizales`shape. This city was built on a mountain, so it has infinity of hills, high streets straightened, It looks like a puzzle!!
I`m totally sure that whom learn to drive his car in Manizales, may drive it in everywhere!!!

The TDM rocks! 165 delegates was attended the conference!. 8 facis, 5 Ocs, and incredible academic agenda. New roll calls! some funny punishments, hard parties! the best thing: the memories that brought to me while I stayed there... In that place was my second national conference! I remember when I was a new member attending CONAL 2003 at the same place, heading my future in @.. And suddenly I was there with my badge saying: MC..!! was a frightened moment.. time passes so fast!

Today I`m sick.. Manizales is a cold city, not like Bogotá, but rains all the time.. This and the weariness of these weeks as well, left me with pain of throat, headache and many cough. I wait to get better soon.

Tonight, my next destination: Bucaramanga!