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Wed, 4 May 2011 | By grizzly_bear | Views [2039]
On monday morning the 6 lads all headed off on our "boys day out"..we stocked up with beers, jumped on the small fishing boat and headed out of taganga harbour..it was a cracking morning and flying across the glassy water with the sunrising ... Read more >
Mon, 2 May 2011 | By grizzly_bear | Views [846]
We were all a little dusty on thursday morning (being the night after our hostels party of the week) but we rose at 7 to be ready for the departure of our boat to paya blanca..it was a little overcast and tempers were taunt but the three of us, plus ... Read more >
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 | By grizzly_bear | Views [771]
After finaly getting the visa sorted it was time to make the overnight bus trip to medellin, with its promises of amazing night life, beautiful women, and sunny skies.. My bus arrived 9 hours late due to the many landslides that were blocking the ... Read more >
Sun, 24 Apr 2011 | By kristiek | Views [726]
Hola, Wow…I only have 5 weeks left until I go to Colombia! Que Bueno! I am so excited! I can clearly remember when I had 5 months to go, and I couldn’t conceptualize what it would be like to be leaving so soon. Well, I am in the final countdown, ... Read more >
Tags: bogota, colombia, learning spanish, south america, spanish, spanish word of the day, trip preparation
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 | By grizzly_bear | Views [671]
Medillin was not to be on the 18th as it was decided that instead of fork out an extra $1200 for flights i should try and obtain a us tourist visa..so, with no idea what was going on (all the websites were in spanish) i headed off to the US embassy..... Read more >
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 | By kristiek | Views [543]
So lately I have been interested in learning about Bogotá as much as possible, so I was trying to find some documentaries to watch. Well, last night I stumbled upon a documentary about homeless people living in the sewer system of Bogotá. I have heard ... Read more >
Tags: bogota, colombia, documentary
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 | By kristiek | Views [526]
Hola a todos! So it’s official… I am leaving for Bogotá in 6 weeks (and 1 day..)!!!!! Time is really flying. In 3 weeks I will be in Wisconsin, then before I know it I will be back in Indiana preparing for my trip! I just have to get through ... Read more >
Tags: bogota, colombia, learn spanish, south america, spanish, travel, trip, word of the day
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 | By moomazza | Views [2265] | Comments [1]
Cali is my last stop in Colombia before I head to the border and in to Ecuador...it was also due to be one of the craziest as it has the reputation of Salsa capital of the world. I arrived late at night with a friendly welcome...nearly ending up in ... Read more >
Tags: bad food, border, cali, colombia, ecuador, quito, salsa
Mon, 18 Apr 2011 | By grizzly_bear | Views [869]
The supposedly uneventful 4 hour bus ride from huacachina to lima turned out to give a little more than expected when i had my documents, watch, laptop and toiletries bag stolen from the bag under lachs feet.. we didnt arrive to lima until around 6, ... Read more >
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 | By moomazza | Views [2408]
I arrived in Solento late, much later than planned. The taxi to the bus station in Quito took a while and when I eventually arrived, I was promptly sold a ticket going to a different destination. I had said I didn´t mind paying the 3 pounds more ... Read more >
Tags: 60m palm trees, bamboo, coffee, palm trees, pineapples, solento
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 | By moomazza | Views [2602]
So I arrived early at 6am and after another night bus and a very long queue for the taxis and went to my hostel before going back to bed for more sleep!! I eventually got up at 10am only to bump into a friend I had been hanging out with in Taganga, ... Read more >
Tags: bogota, cable car, mugging, plaza bolivar, rain
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 | By kristiek | Views [652]
Buenas tardes, Ok, so I thought I could make this Blog useful (for myself and my readers), since it already has so many other qualities of a great blog... So I have decided I will feature a Spanish word of the day, verb of the day, as well as ... Read more >
Tags: bogota, colombia, learning spanish, south america, spanish, spanish word of the day, travel, word of the day
Sun, 10 Apr 2011 | By moomazza | Views [5809]
I arrived here rather unamused after a 17 hour bus journey....I always knew it would be a killer as I'd gone such a strange route across the coast and back. The road was bumpy and the suspension squeaky....goodness knows how I got any sleep at all! ... Read more >
Tags: adventure sports, barichara, big arsed ants, colore hormigas, poker, rain, rappelling, san gil
Sat, 2 Apr 2011 | By moomazza | Views [2065]
Feeling the need for more beach time, I decided to head back to Cartegena and go to Playa Blanca again...white sand, blue water...what more could a girl want?! I arrived in Cartegena 45 mins before the `party bus` was going to leave...good timing ... Read more >
Tags: beach, cartegena, cocktails, playa blanca
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