Snow
Personal memory by Maria Arango
2012 • Cocuy, Labranzagrande, Boyacá, Colombia
I remember the first and only time I've ever seen snow. It was a school trip, and we climbed to one of the Nevados, called El Cocuy. We wanted to play with the snow so badly, but the guides forbade us. They said the snow was very delicate now, that after some years, it has diminished dramatically, and we cannot disrupt it now.
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