A 3 million year old mudbath in Arboletes

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  Monteria, Colombia
Monday, March 21, 2011

Arboletes means 'land of trees', however most of the area's trees have been cleared in order to make way for cattle, which is the major industry in the region (covering 90% of the land).

Apart from cows and sheep, however, Arboletes also has a lot of mud. Very old mud. 3 million years old. Big, bubbling volcanic craters of the stuff. 

We bathed in the town's mud volcano. A very bizarre sensation; the mud density is such that you can just float in the stuff, a feel the pressure of the gasses holding you up, and occassionally bubble and spurt around you.

A lot of fun, and full of minerals that are good for you too - assuming the thing doesn't erupt whilst you're in it of course (it last erupted in 2010 making a bit of a mess, but fortunately behaved nicely for us).

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