Destination: Colombia

Photos: My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 | By camusfreidel | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2011wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2011

Photos: Respirando Tu Pasado

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 | By marcela_cardona | Photo Gallery

M&M's threatened my life

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 | By rachelina | Views [2862]

I'd been in Leticia for 2 weeks. Used to dodging motorcycles to cross the road, being woken up at 5am by army drills and not ever quite used to overwhelming heat, but used to how ununsed I was to it. Unable to do a weekend jungle trip like I had hoped ... Read more >

Tags: border guard, brazil, scary, soldier, tabatinga

A Day on the Rio Amazonas

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 | By rachelina | Views [1648]

Going on jungle trips in the Amazon was a lot harder to organize than I´d imagined. As a solo traveller, it was near impossible to arrange anything and even if I had, I would have paid far, far, far more than what I could afford. Very frustrating, but ... Read more >

Tags: amazon, amazon river, amazonas, colombia, leticia, puerto narino, santa rosa

Hugs, soap, and hummus: not to be taken for granted.

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 | By jennaanne | Views [916]

Hello hello, I hope everyone is doing well!!   I know it has been ages since I’ve written.   And I apologize.   I’ve been super busy, which is a good thing, although I do feel a bit bad about promising to keep the blogs coming, and then not ... Read more >

Tres Paises, Un Dia

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 | By rachelina | Views [1665]

Hey remember that time I went to three countries in one day? Yes, in a 24 hour stretch I spent enough time in Peru, Brazil and Colombia to truthfully say I visited all three. Not a bad effort - the benefits of living in the Tri Frontier region. I woke ... Read more >

Tags: amazonas, brazil, colombia, international borders, leticia, peru, santa rosa, tabatinga

Jungle Fever

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 | By rachelina | Views [1559]

In a sudden blur, I found myself having left quiet, sedate Chile where I knew the streets, the metro stops and had made friends and all of a sudden crash landing in an Amazonian border town (literally - the budget airplane I took skidded to the side ... Read more >

Tags: amazon basin, amazonas, arriving, colombia, leticia

Colombia – So Much More than Beautiful Women and Loads of People Trying to Sell Drugs

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 | By elis82 | Views [2401]

In recent years, Colombia has become a bit of a tourist mecca and with damn good reason. After sailing from Panama, we arrived in Cartagena – our favourite city so far. We got a comically small taxi from the dock to the old city, and after a bit of ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, colombia, paragliding

Photos: Colombia

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery

Hola America de la Sur!!

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 | By rachelina | Views [1203]

I have a confession - despite years of living overseas and the countless plane trips I´ve taken in my life, when I was a kid, takeoffs scared the shit out of me. Until my early teens, I was legitimately convinced every single plane I flew on would ... Read more >

Tags: childhood memory, flights, scared, turbulence

Almost there....3 Days!!!!!!

Fri, 27 May 2011 | By kristiek | Views [472]

Hola, I got back from my trip to Wisconsin yesterday, and am currently in Indiana before I leave on Monday!!!! I cannot believe that I will be going to Colombia in less than 3 days!!! It is such an awesome and nerve-racking feeling! Time has really ... Read more >

Tags: bogota, colombia, flying, south america, travel, trip planning, trip preparation

8 days!!!!!!!

Mon, 23 May 2011 | By kristiek | Views [526]

Hola! Wow..it has been sooo long since I have written in my blog...oops! I actually got really busy with finals. Also, I have been in Wisconsin for the past 2 weeks spending time with my family, friends, and boyfriend before my departure to Colombia.... Read more >

Tags: bogota, colombia, south america, travel, trip planning

Tyrona national park, looseness (11-16 may)

Tue, 17 May 2011 | By grizzly_bear | Views [695]

On wednesday lach and i decided to head out to tyrona national park. we didnt really do any reasearch or have anyidea what we were going to do out there but it turned out to be a cracking couple of days. We casught the mini bus from the hostel and were ... Read more >

SCUBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!(4/5-10/5)

Wed, 11 May 2011 | By grizzly_bear | Views [627]

For the majrity of the time between the 4 and the 10th of may we got ourselves into the beautiful rhythm of getting out of be around 10, going for a walk to get breakfast, going for a swim at the beach, reading a book for a couple of hours, playing a ... Read more >

Destination desert island

Sun, 8 May 2011 | By rominlima | Views [282]

I've done some daft things via the Internet late at night with a glass of red wine in hand like buy fake Swatch watches from some eastern European country, a pair of black boots that seemed like a good deal til I added the postage, import duties and ... Read more >