Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish - Colombia Adventure - Episode 6 - Salsa in Medellín

Episode Date: August 27, 2026

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Season 7, Episode 6 Hello, Hello, Villajeros. Welcome back to immersive Spanish. I'm here in a salsa by a Medellian with Georgina and Miguel, who I met in the last episode. And, wow, this place is absolutely packed. Everyone's dancing.

All the world is da ballando. I'm going to have a go. I've never really tried to dance salsa before. Cab! Let's It's easy. Fasil. For you,

because. Ha, ha, ha. Ben, I'll you can't I'm well, but

there's to be to be to the feet. One, two, three,

five, six, seven, seven. Wait, wait, more of space

more more more more relaxate, no think so

Sigue the rhythm. I'm trying to intentano. Oh, shoot. She's got a hold of my hands now. Left. Right. Oh, gosh. This is awful.

Very bien. No mientas. Ha, ha, ha. Nope. Ah, I'm done. I'm done. Miguel, you take over. Oh, for goodness sake.

Of course Miguel can dance. Look at him. And Georgina, these two made it sound like we were just coming here for a bit of fun. They're basically professional salsa dancers. I feel like a wally. I'm absolutely boiling as well. I'm going outside for some air and leaving these two to it. Ah, that's better.

Ah, look, we're back at Parque El Poblado. Let's find a banko. A bench. I'm going to sitar me five minutes. Ah, much better. Never was a good dancer myself. Hang on. There's a guy crouched down next to those plants.

And he's using the torch on his phone. What on earth is he doing? It seems like he's looking for something. Let me be nosy. I'm going to ask him. Hello, my friend, bien or no. One preuntta. What you're doing?

All right, my brother. I'm looking Ranas. Ranas? Here? In this park? Yes.

Salen for the night. Look, there's a above of that a hoja. Ah, is very

little. How did you? Ha, ha, I'm a naturalization. I'm trying animals, plants,

insects, of all. Medellin is a city with an enormous diversity biologic. Yeah, I see. For sure, how you Amas? Manuel, and you?

I'm Kav. Much gusto, friend. Much gusto, myrano. So, Colombia is the country perfect if you do the naturalness?

Exactly. Colombia is incredible. There are many places near Medellin that the tourists never see. In serious? How, what is?

Has heard of about the cathedral, the antioch, the antiochard? Ah, yeah, clear. I've heard of

the cathedral. Well, there's a sender to a road that's a house to a cross

called the Salto the Angel. It's in the mountains of Envigado. The

place is precious. Ah, no I know the cascada. I'd want to

see it. In reality, I'm a guide. I'm a voyageros to do

senderism for that zone. I know all the can't all the caskats.

Ah, in serious? Yes, of I'm sure, I'm going to

get to get to come with me. Morning. Hmm. And how? How much

cost? 20 dollars for all the day. It's very

very good. Yes. Me a point. Perfect. Dame you number and

I'll this night. I'll do you do you need to do you

know the perfect Listo we're we're my name him perfecto

no we're so if you didn't catch all of that this guy Manuel

was looking for frogs in the park he said I'm I'm Bucando

Ranas I'm Bucando Ranas which means I'm looking for frogs. The useful verb here is busker, which means to look for, to search for. And a frog is

una rana. Una rana. Manuel then told me that the frogs come out at night. Salen for la noche. Salin for la noche. Meaning, they come out, saline, at night. Salen for la noche.

He spotted one and said, There's one debajo de ba'eza oja. Ay, una, deba, debajo, de, that's a oja.

There's one underneath that leaf. Debajo, de, de, beajo, de bajo, de, means underneath and one oja,

una oja is a leaf. I then asked him how he'd even managed to spot it because I was impressed. Como? La, viste. How did you see it? How it did you see? Manuel then explained that, well, he loved.

nature. I can't la naturalisa. Me Enca La Naturalesa Nature

Nature. I could definitely tell. He certainly looks like the type. He said he's

always looking for animals, plants, and insects. So, I then asked for his name. Como

Te amas? Como? Te yamas. His name is Manuel, and we got chatting about nature around Medellin. He told me, There are much of Lugues Serque de Janeiro that the tourists never see. And this means there are a lot of places near Medellin that tourists never see.

There are much places near Medellin that the tourists never see. Then he asked, Has heard about the cathedral? the Antigua Carcel de Pablo Escobar. Once again, Has Oido to Blah de la Catechral? La Antigua Calcele of Pablo Escobar? This means, have you heard of La Caterral?

Pablo Escobar's former prison? Well, indeed, I had heard of La Caterral, so I said, I've heard of La Caterral. I've heard of La Caterral. I heard of the cathedral. But I didn't know about the waterfall. Manuel explained that near the cathedral, there's a trail which descends through the forest

to a waterfall called Salto del Angel. And this is located in the mountains above Envigado. He said, And, Serque de aie, there's a sendero that Baja for the bosque. Serca de aie, there is a sendero that baja

for the bosque. And this means near there, there's a trail that descends through the forest. Baja for the bosque. The word for trail is sendero. Sendero.

And the word for waterfall is cascada. cascada that one should be easy to remember because it's closely related to the English word cascade basically meaning a small waterfall so cascade cascada i told him no connocea la cascada

me incantaria visitarla no connocia la cascada me encanaria visitarla and this means I didn't know about the waterfall. I'd love to see it. He then told me he's actually a guide. I'm a guide. I'm a guide.

And that he takes travelers hiking around the area and knows the trails and waterfalls. Then came the interesting part. I'm going to the Salto del Angel. If you're, you can't come with me. I'm going to Salto. of the angel tomorrow. If you want, you can come with me. I'm going to

mania al salto del angel. If you want, you can come with me obviously,

I wanted to know how much this was going to cost. Quanto cost? Quanto cost. How much does it cost? To which he replied,

20 dollars for total the day 20 20 $20 dollars dollars

for total the whole day for all of the day for all of the day for total day

let's say it together 20 dollars for total the day 20 dollars for

to do all day and one Well, that's a bargain if I may say so myself. So I said, Si, me a punto. Si, me a punto.

Now, this is a really useful expression. Me a pointo basically means I'm in. Me a punto. Just imagine pointing in the direction of that activity. I'm in, mea punto. So, we exchanged numbers, and Manuel said he'd message me tonight, and tell me what I needed to bring.

And apparently, tomorrow I'm going hiking through the mountains of a man I just met looking for frogs outside a salsa bar. What could possibly go wrong? Ah, speaking of the devil, a message from Manuel. Oh, it's a voice note. Let's have a listen. Hello, Calf, we'll see tomorrow at 10, right at the cathedral, just at the

start of the sender that's all the salt of the angel. You can't take the metro to invigado and, from a taxi to the cathedral, I live close, so I'm sure to try enough water, something to

come for the almurso, and much want to enjoy of the natural us. We'll see tomorrow, our man. Right. So, Manuel says we're meeting at 10 a.m. tomorrow beside the cathedral. at the start of the trail to Salto del Angel.

I can take the metro to Envigardo and then a taxi up to La Cate d'Adral. Because he lives nearby, he'll meet me there. But I do need to bring plenty of water, some food for lunch, and apparently an appetite for nature. Sounds good to me. So it's probably time to go home and sleep if I'm hiking through the jungle tomorrow. I should go and say goodbye to Georgina and Miguel. Of course.

Turns out, the salsa dancing has turned into a bit of a romantic slow dance. Uh... Yeah, I think I'll leave them to it. But before I go home, I'm going to grab a quick bottle of water. Ah, here's a street vendor. Hello, caballero. Vendé bottles of water. Yes, clear.

Here we have. Tiena bottages grandes. Yes, they're at the other Excellent, how is? So, five thousand pesos. Perfect, here you have.

Grazie. Right, so that was a pretty simple interaction with the street vendor. I asked him, Vende bottles of water? Vendé, botillas, de,

the useful verb in that sentence would be vende. Vende, meaning you or he or she sells. And that depends on the context. Vende is the formal version of you sell. Then I wanted a big bottle, so I asked him, Tiena Bottas Grandes? Diené Boteas, grandes, meaning

do you have any big bottles? Grande meaning big or large. He told me they were on the other side. Al-otro-lado. Al-otro-lado. Meaning on the other side. Then I asked again,

How much is it? Quanto is. I could have also asked. Quanto cost. How much does it cost? And then he replied, Son 5,000 pesos. Son, 5,000 pesos. Which means it's 5,000 pesos.

Now that might sound like a lot, but right now, one British pound is around 5,000 pesos. So, not too bad. Anyway, after that, I handed in the money and said, here tiene here, meaning here you go.

So, I've got my water, I've got Manuel's number, and tomorrow we're heading to Salto del Angel. If you'd like to support immersive Spanish and listen completely ad free, head over to our Patreon

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