Colombia
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Wednesday, 29 Dec 2004 | Views [1745]
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entire hostel in Cartegena was woken up and all the rooms were
systematically searched on the morning of the weekend that Bush visited
Uribe in Cartegena last month. Snipers patrolled the rooftops and
police and military (readily equipped ... Read more >
Tags: columbia, history & politics
Friday, 24 Dec 2004 | Views [3546]
After enjoying our evening English sessions so much, I was invited to
move into the house to share in a season with one of the most carinoso ,
loving and fun families I’ve ever encountered in my travels. Now, I’m
quite conscious that here in the ... Read more >
Tags: family
Friday, 17 Dec 2004 | Views [1173]
There comes a point, along the path of every traveller, when in one
neck-stiffening and heart-palpitating moment, you come to a course
changing conclusion enlightened by a single flashing revelation... Um. Pretty, yes. But the enlightenment I´m ... Read more >
Tags: Budgets & money
Friday, 10 Dec 2004 | Views [853]
On to Arecifes Beach in the Parque Tayrona... To find me, follow these simple directions: Life`s too fun.
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Sunday, 5 Dec 2004 | Views [2676] | Comments [2]
The heat has exhausted me and I slide under the shade of a
palm-thatched hut on the beachfront. Small, tanned, naked children roll
around on the sand floor absorbed in their individual imaginations. I
smile, again admire the world that those under ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Wednesday, 1 Dec 2004 | Views [4223] | Comments [1]
Journal Entry December 1st, 2004 Playa Blanca, Islas de Rosaria Off of coast of Cartegena, Colombia Yesterday,
today, tomorrow. 365 days a year, For millennia upon millennia. Over
desert, jungle, city and sea. In the slums, on the streets and ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sunday, 28 Nov 2004 | Views [4759]
You COULD hike to La Ciudad Perdida in the dry season, but then you´d miss out on.. pre-hike muscle warm ups... showers with REAL water pressure... hour-after-hour of giggle worthy mud music... alternative modes of aerial transport.... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Saturday, 20 Nov 2004 | Views [1030]
Wandering but not lost. On a 6 day trek to La Ciudad Perdida (the lost city.)
Tags: Adventures
Wednesday, 17 Nov 2004 | Views [1229]
Come closer my friend, for I have something to share with you that we don't necessarily want the rest of the world to know... Colombia is I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E. *hands down* The best kept secret of South America. Where
to start?! The gasp-worthy countryside? ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Friday, 12 Nov 2004 | Views [1467]
*Did you just get goosebumps? Because I did!* So my mother would
like to clarify for the "blog-record" that she is NOT "fine" (as I had
previously assumed and posted) with my going to Colombia, but, in her
own words... "... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
