La Balsa | Balša II | Balša Brković |
The culo'e puya battery comprises three drums made of lightweight wood from the tree known locally as lano or ceiba de lana (Ceiba pentandra, a member of the Bombacaceae family, to which Balsa also belongs).
In 1995 Gimnasio Los Caobos moved to its present 53.600 m2 Campus located at the Vereda La Balsa, in the Municipality of Chia.
Legend tells that in ancient times, a great float of balsa rafts arrived at the beaches of the existing San José cove.
On the Janka Scale of Hardness, which measures hardness of woods, lignum vitae ranks highest of the trade woods, with a Janka hardness of 4500 lbf (compared with African Blackwood at 2940 lbf, Hickory at 1820 lbf, red oak at 1290 lbf, Yellow Pine at 690 lbf, and Balsa at 325 lbf).