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Fri, 18 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [938]
The Venezuelan I met in the customs and immigration queue did not exactly fill me with confidence. "You should listen carefully since I will only have time to tell you once before you are sucked up into this whirlwind, which is Colombia, senor...... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Thu, 17 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [903]
What a difference a day makes. After sleeping the sleep of the righteous I awoke in the breeze of the airco not entirely sure where I was. Fortunately this is not a condition entirely alien to me. Halland and Hannah, being the hard working folk the are, ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Thu, 17 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [671]
Not at all the romantic business of epic novel. The last minute double whiskey with Richard in the The Happy Flyer Lounge nearly cost me the flight. I thought they always called you in plenty of time. Unfortunately this is not true of Delta Airlines. ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Tue, 15 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [681]
This Morning’s sun broke over the tram terminus and the Olympic stadium like a fire. A cold morning though. Autumn on a dying world. Scraped myself up off the bed early though; feeling the Dedalus factor. Stephen that is, not the myth. I must have been ... Read more >
Tags: Packing & gadgets
Tue, 15 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 13 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [631]
O.K. Let’s give it one more go. I’ve tried these travelblogs before and they always seem to get screwed up somehow. Gambia and Senegal never got edited and the partial blog of Trinidad, Tobago and the Southern Caribbean just evaporated on the server.... Read more >
Tags: Packing & gadgets
Wed, 29 Dec 2004 | By solbeam | Views [1792]
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entire hostel in Cartegena was woken up and all the rooms were
systematically searched on the morning of the weekend that Bush visited
Uribe in Cartegena last month. Snipers patrolled the rooftops and
police and military (readily equipped ... Read more >
Tags: columbia, history & politics
Fri, 24 Dec 2004 | By solbeam | Views [3617]
After enjoying our evening English sessions so much, I was invited to
move into the house to share in a season with one of the most carinoso ,
loving and fun families I’ve ever encountered in my travels. Now, I’m
quite conscious that here in the ... Read more >
Tags: family
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 | By solbeam | Views [1241]
There comes a point, along the path of every traveller, when in one
neck-stiffening and heart-palpitating moment, you come to a course
changing conclusion enlightened by a single flashing revelation... Um. Pretty, yes. But the enlightenment I´m ... Read more >
Tags: Budgets & money
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 | By solbeam | Views [901]
On to Arecifes Beach in the Parque Tayrona... To find me, follow these simple directions: Life`s too fun.
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Sun, 5 Dec 2004 | By solbeam | Views [2737] | Comments [2]
The heat has exhausted me and I slide under the shade of a
palm-thatched hut on the beachfront. Small, tanned, naked children roll
around on the sand floor absorbed in their individual imaginations. I
smile, again admire the world that those under ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Wed, 1 Dec 2004 | By solbeam | Views [4284] | Comments [1]
Journal Entry December 1st, 2004 Playa Blanca, Islas de Rosaria Off of coast of Cartegena, Colombia Yesterday,
today, tomorrow. 365 days a year, For millennia upon millennia. Over
desert, jungle, city and sea. In the slums, on the streets and ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sun, 28 Nov 2004 | By solbeam | Views [4881]
You COULD hike to La Ciudad Perdida in the dry season, but then you´d miss out on.. pre-hike muscle warm ups... showers with REAL water pressure... hour-after-hour of giggle worthy mud music... alternative modes of aerial transport.... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 20 Nov 2004 | By solbeam | Views [1086]
Wandering but not lost. On a 6 day trek to La Ciudad Perdida (the lost city.)
Tags: Adventures
Wed, 17 Nov 2004 | By solbeam | Views [1292]
Come closer my friend, for I have something to share with you that we don't necessarily want the rest of the world to know... Colombia is I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E. *hands down* The best kept secret of South America. Where
to start?! The gasp-worthy countryside? ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
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