Trumpets and congas spill from a corner bar before you spot the dance floor, and in Cali that sound belongs to an ordinary afternoon. After dark, the clubs of Juanchito pick up the beat and keep it going.
Up the hill, San Antonio has colonial houses, small cafés and a park above the rooftops. By the Cali River, a bronze cat keeps company with a crowd of painted ones, and walkers climb the Cerro de las Tres Cruces for the view. Days stay warm all year, with drier spells around January to March and June to August. A Local Friend can open the door to a neighborhood salsa school you would never have knocked on alone.
