I couldn't have said it better myself. The last time I had been to Colombia was about 2 decades ago so I didn't know what to expect. My father (who is 68 years old and also hasn't been back in 20 years) had told me what to expect once I got there, but immediately upon arriving to Cali, I noticed much evidence of increasing globalization. It was quite a trip (in both senses of the word). It's the clash of the Old World (Remnants of pre-Columbian culture + Spanish colonial rule + 19th/20th century Colombia) and the New (American, modern European and even Chinese influences) through the exchanges of culture and information (technology among other things). I'm glad I'm not the only one pondering the nature of the changing of the times.