Destination: Colombia

The other way to get to Playa Blanca, Colombia.

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 | By spacemanafrica | Views [784]

“15,000 pesos? Forget that. I’m going to walk.” “It’s 20km away.” “OK. Maybe not.” I read on the internet that it’s possible to travel by land independently from Cartagena to the paradisiacal ... Read more >

Cartagena of the Indies

Mon, 19 May 2014 | By clare-tamea | Views [1512]

Built by the Spanish mainly in C16th and C17th, Cartagena's old walled city is a beautiful, romantic place and one of our favourite towns in the world. The fortified walls were built to protect the citizens and their gold from raiding English pirates ... Read more >

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Tayrona National Park - where rainforest meets ocean

Sun, 18 May 2014 | By clare-tamea | Views [1443]

Whilst on the north Caribbean coast of Colombia, we went to this national park where the steep- sided rainforest sweeps right down to meet the ocean.  The Tayrona indigenous Indian people used to live in this area before the Spanish came in ... Read more >

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Salute the woman of the black bag.

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By mxerquet | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry

Bogotá, Colombia. More than seven million people. Four thousand three hundred twenty-one per square kilometer. What were the chances of finding the woman with the black bag? In a city like this, the touristic options are endless: The district of La Candelaria, ... Read more >

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Time Travel

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By paomeetstheworld | Views [119] | Scholarship Entry

The sound of a cannon resounded through my ears. I quickly looked behind and saw the pirate’s ships close to the fort. I could only see ten of them. I rushed into the tunnels and made my way across the maze of stone and prisoners begging to be released.... Read more >

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Love without words

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By doppelgaenger | Views [269] | Scholarship Entry

I'll never forget that it was my first trip abroad. Try to imagine, you are a six year old kid, your house is the biggest place that you know and yet, you are about to jump inside a plane and visit the other corner of the earth. I was overwhelmed, my ... Read more >

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Riding with Goats

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By alice_del_sur | Views [253] | Scholarship Entry

Goats make a surprising and unexpected sound when they are distressed. They express their fear in a way more human than you would imagine, a guttural wail that emits from the back of their throat. The goat by my feet looks terrified; its eyes are wide ... Read more >

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The only purpose of life is to experience life.

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By carolinacuretravel | Views [292] | Scholarship Entry

I was waking up because of the hard sounds of the roof in a hostel in Hampi a Lost city in India, these sound was thanks to the monkeys running above the zinc roof, that made me feel scare but at the same time I felt like a plenty soul, feeling the energy ... Read more >

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Jurassic Manhattan

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jurassicmanhattan | Views [307] | Scholarship Entry

Swinging down curvy roads in a yellow Twingo, I was getting nauseated from the racing fervor of my cabbie. After I left airport for the city center, I could already sense the hot temper of South America. As I later understood, that turbulent taxi ride ... Read more >

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I found my second home

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By intouch | Views [269] | Scholarship Entry

I had received an email with a promo. It said how I could do social work around the world and the day after, I was trying to convince my mom. - Mom, I want to do this. Can you imagine if i can teach a little bit of what i know to kids in Africa? - Ok, ... Read more >

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"The City of Everlasting Spring"

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By nikkiklein | Views [285] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

I'll never forget the day that I carried a 150 pound door up the side of a mountain. To say that the endeavor was rather daunting, would be putting it mildly. Towering at 5'2 and a half inches and weighing in at 103 pounds, my body was not made for the ... Read more >

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Cartagena has really given me happiness

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By the_tides | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry

I went to Cartagena to take the TOELF because the dates worked for me, I had some miles to spend and 2 weekend days, therefore I bought a ticket for 14 dollars and hop on the plane, I stayed with an amazing cartagena guy, he offered me his own bed, his ... Read more >

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Every trip is a dream came true

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By travelingwithpassion | Views [137] | Scholarship Entry

I´ll never forget the day that i arrived to London, it was a very emotional moment. My friends and i were listening to music because we couldn't sleep so we wanted to wait until the morning in which the people in charge of us will lead us to travel around ... Read more >

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Coleo: Long-standing tradition or tortuous sport?

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By willissimon | Views [174] | Scholarship Entry

An announcement from the crackling loudspeaker interrupted our conversation and Camilo jumped to his feet. “Let’s go,” he said smiling, “it’s about to begin.” We climbed the stairs of the two-tier stand to where Camilo’s friends were sitting. One handed ... Read more >

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Camouflage

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By allyscale | Views [1483] | Scholarship Entry

I’ve landed bottom up in a grass ditch at the front of a Colombian Army base in Leticia. This wasn’t how I’d imagined my first scooter riding experience would be. The scene I’d set in my mind looked more like this: a backdrop of palm trees whizzing ... Read more >

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