Trip: LoColombia
There are [31] stories from my trip: LoColombia
COLOMBIA | Tuesday, 29 Nov 2005 | Views [800]
Down on the beach it was hammock and food time. I didn't get around to a lot of swimming. The sea is more that a little treacherous around here as you might see by the number of lifeguards (salvavidas). They are the fellows with bright orange gear on ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
COLOMBIA | Tuesday, 29 Nov 2005 | Views [1521]
On Sunday we all decided that it was too hot and bothered to stay in Barranquilla. Six of us and two children hit the streets looking for a taxi. The group consisted of from left to right: Kelly,Rosemary,Johan,Katy,Tonia,and the children: Zhary and Dilan.... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
COLOMBIA | Monday, 28 Nov 2005 | Views [406]
There are a variety of ways in Colombia, not unlike any other place on the planet, where you can inadvertantly put temptation in someone elses' way, creating thereby a degree of unwanted attention to one's person or property. This can consist of pulling ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Tips
COLOMBIA | Saturday, 26 Nov 2005 | Views [200]
Today the hard-drive on the laptop gave way. On the first boot of the day it was making a noise that could compete with a Colombian coffee grinder. After trying to install Windows and, with a rising sense of panic, using all the rescue utilities and boot ... Read more >
Tags: Packing & gadgets
COLOMBIA | Friday, 25 Nov 2005 | Views [263]
The family have advised me to spend as little time as possible on the streets of Soledad and when I am on the streets not to speak Engish. This is a place of abject poverty where a thirty-eight is often the only tool for making the rent or getting food ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
COLOMBIA | Saturday, 19 Nov 2005 | Views [233]
Today the water dried supply dried up. Apparently this is not rare in this barrio and it can stay off for as long as five days. I have only seen running cold water in Colombia so far but that is no matter, Barranquilla is as hot as hell and very humid.... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
COLOMBIA | Friday, 18 Nov 2005 | Views [399]
The Venezuelan I met in the customs and immigration queue did not exactly fill me with confidence. "You should listen carefully since I will only have time to tell you once before you are sucked up into this whirlwind, which is Colombia, senor...... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
COLOMBIA | Thursday, 17 Nov 2005 | Views [276]
What a difference a day makes. After sleeping the sleep of the righteous I awoke in the breeze of the airco not entirely sure where I was. Fortunately this is not a condition entirely alien to me. Halland and Hannah, being the hard working folk the are, ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
COLOMBIA | Thursday, 17 Nov 2005 | Views [226]
Not at all the romantic business of epic novel. The last minute double whiskey with Richard in the The Happy Flyer Lounge nearly cost me the flight. I thought they always called you in plenty of time. Unfortunately this is not true of Delta Airlines. ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
COLOMBIA | Tuesday, 15 Nov 2005 | Views [182]
This Morning’s sun broke over the tram terminus and the Olympic stadium like a fire. A cold morning though. Autumn on a dying world. Scraped myself up off the bed early though; feeling the Dedalus factor. Stephen that is, not the myth. I must have been ... Read more >
Tags: Packing & gadgets
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