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Wed, 22 Oct 2014 | By xtremeamazon | 
Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I'm an international student from Colombia in the U.S. Studying a BS in Film Production. Photography as you can tell is very related with film, what I found amazing in photography and different from Film is that you have to tell a story in one frame, ...
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Mon, 20 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [308]
Given I intended to take the 5.30pm, 24 hour bus to Pasto overnight I decided to make the most of my last day in Bogota. Despite still feeling unwell in the stomach we visited our old faithful La Puerta Falsa for a second round of Chocolate Santa ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [310]
After a tasty jamon y queso croissant and tinto (small black coffee) from my favourite local hole in the way just down from the hostel, a group of us set out on the free street art tour of Bogota. Under the expertise of Colombian American artist, Rae ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [310]
Up and about early Becky and I ventured to try out this little cafe recommended for Chocolate Santafe (or chocolate completo) and tamales - La Puerta Falsa. We indulged in our chocolate, cheese bread, cheese and bread and tamales for breakfast con chocolate ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [292]
The bus from Medellin to Bogota was due to take around nine hours. While this one didn’t break down, it took at least 12. I think we may have been stopped at a FARC checkpoint for quite some time during the night. I will ask no questions and not ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [259]
I decided I would take the overnight bus to Bogota at 10pm so spent the morning chilling at the hostel and packing before heading downtown via the bus station to grab my ticket. The Medellin Metro system really is world class. For about $1 per ticket ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [299]
Woke up still feeling ill from the night before. Not sure whether it is a stomach bug or something food related but regardless it isn’t fun. That said, I was determined to try and get out and about and not waste a full day.
While feeling ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [298]
After another very early morning bedtime we dragged ourselves up an hour or two after getting into bed to make it on time to the free walking tour we had signed up for in Medellin. Feeling less than average we made our way through the four hour tour ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [390]
Spent the best part of the day on the Paisa Road Pablo Escobar tour of Medellin. It was a fascinating experience and the insights, passion and painful stories shared by Nicholas and Paola, our hosts truly transformed my views about Escobar, cocaine ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [432]
Getting to bed just after sunrise we napped for a bit but were up again by 10am. Cooked up a breakfast feast in the Galleria hostel before moving to the hostel next door - Casa Kiwi. It was cheaper, had hammocks, a plunge pool and way better atmosphere ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [310]
We continued on what felt like the never-ending bus rider after the breakdown. Our transit journey began again at nearly 4am until we stopped again at 9am for breakfast. Feeling a bit shattered already we weren’t thrilled to discover that we still ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [366]
Made the most of some hammock time for the morning before leaving Elemento on the Motos back to Minca. The journey this time was far more enjoyable given we weren’t riding in torrential rain through a thunder storm!
We stopped at this cute ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [308]
Started our day again with breakfast on the hammock and a few coffees as we took on the view.
I decided I needed to get out & explore Minca while the others were content to stay in the hammock all day so I went with one of the hostel staff ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [342]
Awesome morning lazing in the big hammock, eating French toast & drinking fabulous Colombian coffee.
We decided to get a group together and go on a trek to find the jungle hammock & check out the nearby coffee plantation. We found the jungle ... Read more >
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [313]
Spent the morning in Santa Marta before getting a jeep to Minca. From Minca we then endured the moto taxi ride from hell in torrential rain, on muddy trails for about 45 minutes up to Casa Elemento. The tiny hostel tucked up in the mountains with the ... Read more >
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