My Adventures in Tamesis by Andrés Gómez.

In a beautiful town in the southwest of Antioquia, almost in the border with the state of Caldas you will find Tamesis. There is a lot of fun and many extreme activities to do. I highly recommend to you to visit this gorgeous manifestation of nature that can help you be in a connection with the environment. My girlfriend Sara and my motorcyclist friends had this wonderful trip 6 months ago and was an amazing experience. When the trip began we met at the end of the south part of the city of Medellin and we took the road to La Pintada. When we were almost arriving there, my friend in the red motorcycle got a flat tire and then we had to go to a gas-station as fast as we could, because the air of the tire had been decreasing quite fast, fortunately we were able to arrive before the tire suffered any damage. Then we fixed the problem and we finally arrived to Tamesis.

Being there, we began with the first adventure. We put on the appropriate outfits to get ready for the rappel as show in the picture above. To get to the top of the mountain we had been walking for 2 hours so we were exhausted, but when we got there, the view was incredible and scaring at the same time. We were very excited. This mix of feelings happened because at that moment your brain is trying to tell you rappel is so dangerous and you could die, but on the other hand your heart is telling you that it is a fantastic sensation; So, it is very important to be in control and focus on the task.

 I remember that at that moment my friend Juli didn´t want to descend the rock and she was petrified like a stone doll. That was so difficult for us because the only way to come back was going off the rock, so we had to talk to her and remind her that we had been planning this moment for a long time and it wasn’t time to give up. She was so brave and she finally controlled herself and all of us finished the activity.

The next day we woke up early and we were ready for the next adventure called: Water Fall rappelling, this activity is more demanding than rappel because there are more risks like the water fall and the slippery rocks; that´s why this is one of the top extreme activities in the world, so for this activity we had watched many youtube videos about it, and before we arrived to the top of the water fall, we had a simulation class, so we were ready!. 

In the top of the water fall we took these pictures and we were so happy, then the fight with your mind began again, but in my case this experience with the water helped me and I felt in calm and the decline was so wonderful and relaxing, and off course, the adrenaline helps a lot to makes your body and your brain focus and work so well in this extreme situations.

Finally I highly recommend this trip, first because it was awesome and second because it helps you to feel renovated and refill the energy of your body and mind.