The Colombian Crowd


The summer before I graduated from Purdue University I had the chance to go to Colombia to work at the International Center for International Agriculture. Localized in the city of Cali, the center was not only a wonderful place to work, but was staffed by a great group of people. Full of the charm and beauty that I had experienced all over South America, the group of people that made up the laboratory I worked at made one want to go to work every day.

It is no surprise then that when the time came for me to leave, I felt as if I was leaving the place were I belonged, and not going back to the lab I originally came from. From the daily experiences and work discussions, to the parties and trips that took us all over the "Valle", it was a summer that I will never forget.