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Photos: Cartagena

Tue, 2 Nov 2010 | By sobrea | Photo Gallery


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True Travel Tales - Jail in Bogota, Colombia

Tue, 2 Nov 2010 | By true-claims-stories | Views [7651] | Comments [1]

Every journey has a story; every trip has its unexpected twists. Plan and prepare as you may, some things happen on the road that take you out of your element, push you to your limit, and even put you in danger. These are the tales of triumph ... Read more >

Tags: bogota, colombia, jail, passport, police, south america, terrifying travel tales

The Only Risk is Wanting to Stay...

Mon, 1 Nov 2010 | By sobrea | Views [3006]

As we were sailing through the San Blas islands and I was thinking that things couldn’t possibly get any better, we landed in Cartagena, Colombia. Cartagena is a place of beautifully restored colonial building, where the color to wear is white ... Read more >

Tags: bogota, cartagena, colombia, getsemani, jw marriott, monserrate

Der freundliche Kolumbianer

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 | By johannhermann | Views [608] | Comments [3]

(BH) Da wir noch auf ein freies Zimmerchen warten muessen (was nach insgesamt 20 Stunden Reisezeit und 3 Stunden Schlaf echt Spass macht), hab ich noch ein bisserl Zeit kurz zusammenzufassen, was wir bisher gemacht haben. Aber keine Sorge, auch in ... Read more >

Colombian Bus Dictionary

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 | By johannhermann | Views [395] | Comments [1]

(JH) Nach ca. 18 Stunden Busfahrt in vier verschiedenen Bussen ist es mal Zeit ein paar Dinge uebers Busfahren klarzustellen: - 80 (km/h) = offizielle Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung und gleichzeitig nicht von Bedeutung - Ueberholen = Unbedingt nur in ... Read more >

"Honeymoon" oder "Wir sind einfach zu alt fuer den Scheiss"

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 | By johannhermann | Views [521] | Comments [4]

(BH) Der Johann ist auf die grossartige Idee gekommen, unsren Blog wieder aufleben zu lassen. Na dann mal los: Nach 2 naechten im 5 sterne Hotel in Bogotà, wollten wir wieder auf den Spuren der Weltreise wandeln und sind ins EUR 7,50 Hostel gezogen.... Read more >

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 | By ronald | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I wanted do my journal about the region where I was born and from which few images can be viewed in the internet, despite the fact it is a UNESCO's world heritage site: this place is Tierradentro. Tierradentro region is located in the north Andes' ... Read more >
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My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 | By viviana_angel | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Rincon Del Mar is a little community of fishermen on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. There live the antique customs of the inhabitants, descendants of Africa, who conserve the music, games, oral traditions, and fishing methods of their past in spite ... Read more >
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My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 | By sofiajaramillo | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I returned to my father’s native country for the second time in my life. I had not been for 15 years, since I was 3-years-old. The large family that my father had spoken of many times but I had only fuzzy memories of greeted me with open hearts. Colombia ... Read more >
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My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 | By claudea | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

From my last trip to Colombia, my birth country. I've always known that Colombia is a great place, but i always lived in the capital, where there are not much contact with nature, so the last time i went to Colombia i was touring places unknown for ... Read more >
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

Mind the Gap

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [7658]

To get to the Caribbean Coast we had to take our first overnight bus in Colombia. Throughout South America we had been warned of arctic overnight buses caused by powerful air conditioning, but having never experienced anything other than the natural ... Read more >

Tags: capurganá, caribbean coast, cartagena, darien gap, diving, santa marta, taganga, tayrona

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry: Colombia brown Light

Sun, 3 Oct 2010 | By quique552 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Photograph is to find the essence of the simplest things and make them complex. On my trip to Colombia i found a village which does not affect the passage of time. A "Macondo" lost in the mountains. Fotografiar es buscar la esencia de ... Read more >
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The Twilight Zone

Sat, 2 Oct 2010 | By soly | Views [1244]

There´s something about airports late at night. That time when it´s too late to be today and too early to be tomorrow. It was around 3 a.m in Bogota airport. I´ve been here for 12 hours and had no idea how much longer it´ll be as there´s been a coup ... Read more >

Tags: airport, columbia, ecuador, egypt, travel documentary scholarship

Emergency Landing in Columbia

Fri, 1 Oct 2010 | By soly | Views [1289]

"The army has taken over Quito airport so we will be making an emergency landing in Bogota, Columbia". I waited for the young Ecuadorian lady sitting next to me on the plane to finish calming down an older lady sitting across the aisle, ... Read more >

Tags: documentary, ecuador, scholarhsip

All things sweet and plump and slightly surreal

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [4058] | Comments [2]

Medellin was notoriously known for being the most dangerous city in the world during the 1980’s and 90’s because it was ruled by Pablo Escobar 's Medellin cocaine cartel. Today the city is a thriving place and safe for travellers and the ... Read more >

Tags: arequipe, barichara, bogota, botero, gold, guane, medellin, pablo escobar, san gil

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