San Andrés Providencia y Santa Catalina

By Viviana Rodriguez

Colors have different meanings.















For example, in China red is the color of prosperity and joy. Red also symbolizes passionate love.




Yellow means joy and happiness. Yellow is full of creative and intellectual energy as well.







A pure blue is the color of inspiration, sincerity and spirituality.
























Blue is also a calming color. This is a perfect description of the sensation you get when you look at the sea, specially the sea of San Andres Providencia y Santa Catalina.

San Andres is the largest department in Colombia. It is group of three island located in southwestern Caribbean Sea. It was declared by UNESCO as a biosphere and sea flower reserve in 2000 because of its biological richness, natural characteristics and native traditions. It also has more than 85 coral species, both hard and soft corals; more than 40 beaches, some of them almost virgin and most of them with white coral sand; more than 270 species of fishes, and four different species of turtles. Those are just some of the wonderful natural things you can find there.

There are some other touristic places you can visit, such as Johnny Cay, which is a small “island” approximately 1 km away from the main city. That’s a nice experience from the moment you get into the boat to get there. Once you are there you can enjoy the beach and its peace and of course the exotic food you can taste in the restaurants.


You can also go and visit the geyser located at the south side of the San Andres Island. It is a natural phenomenon that has been carved by the waves into the rocks for centuries until it was 30 meters long. It works as a “fireplace,” where the ocean waves make amazing and huge jets.


The aquarium is actually a natural aquarium that you can see and “feel.”


Visit Morgan’s cave, a place rich in limestone that makes stalactites and the water in there keeps the same level as the sea. You can also visit Johnny Cay beach, La Piscinita, Haynes Cay, the Big Pond Lake and more. And don’t worry about the weather. The temperature is between 26 and 28 degrees most of the time.

San Andrés Providencia y Santa Catalina is just a little “paradise” where you cannot only rest but also enjoy the small pleasures of life.

Hiding Money

By Cathy Liu (China)


Have you ever tried to hide money from someone, such as your parents, wife or husband? If you did, did they find your money? I am going to tell you two stories how people hide their money from their parents and partner. If you want to study how to hide money, go with me.


The first story is from the movies. There was a man who wanted to hide his money from his wife. The ingredients are very simple. It is only a sharp knife and big, thick, and useless book, like a big dictionary. First, fold back your cover and some pages, leaving the middle section. Second, use the sharp knife to cut out a hole in the centre of the pages. Make sure the hole is a little bigger than the paper money and through the whole the middle section. After you finish these two procedures, it is like a box in the book. Now your “bank” has been made. You can put your money into your small bank, and put the book back on the bookshelf. However, the story hasn’t finished. The man’s wife occasionally opened the book which was the man’s bank. She was so surprised, and she was yelling, “Honey, I found a lot of money in one book.” The face of the man turned red and he tried to calm down. His wife ran to him and said, “Have you thought of that before? Probably it’s from our ancestors. Let us open all the books.” Therefore, you had better choose a book nobody will open.

The second story is from one of my high school classmates. His parents gave him 50 Chinese dollars every month as allowance. However, if his parents knew he still had allowance from last month, they wouldn’t give him allowance the next month. Therefore, my classmate tried to hide his money from his parents. One day, we planned to buy a gift for our class teacher together. My classmate said he couldn’t pay for two days. We asked him the reason. He answered he needed to find his personal money. We were confused why it is difficult to find his own money. Then he explained how he hid his personal money. Because we have a ton of books for reviewing to help us have a good mark in the serious examination for entering the university, when we are in Grade 12 in China, my classmate had a room for him to save all of his books. He put all of his personal money in many difficult pages of books. Unfortunately because his money was in many diverse books and he didn’t want to lose his money, he wrote down all the titles and page numbers. When he wanted to use his money, it took time for him to find his money. He also said sometimes he forgot where he saved the list. This is also the second way how to hide the money from someone, but be careful you don’t lose your paper.