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You pick up the soap honey!!!
Nov 1, 2005 (9 photos) ... I hate drugs I tell them, and I don't have my passport on because I am afraid to get robbed. And of course I love Colombia, there's no thieves here. But you still need police of course, they are very important, claro, and the police are very friendly. Yes ... |
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Sand gets everywhere...
Jun 20, 2008 (198 photos) ... a song from an elderly man passing by with his guitar. Then proceeded a quite magical concert, serenading Taganga, Colombia and Cuba - his voice possessing that incredible, indescribable quality - one that captivates and enthrals, that just draws ...
A travel blog entry from Cartegena - Santa Marta: The Caribbean Coast by marktjhung
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The toothless pipe smoking Colombian lunatic.
Jan 31, 2005 (7 photos) Shit, shit, shit, what am I doing here? What are all those soldiers up to, or are they paramilitaries or possibly guerillas? They don't look too friendly. Try to stay calm and make yourself invisible. Are they shouting at me? Where's the bloody bus, it's ... |
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Salento and Valle de Cocora.
Sep 28, 2008 (62 photos) Salento, Valle de Cocora, Filandia and Circasia. |
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Random Colombian observations.
Feb 3, 2005 (5 photos) ... friend? - In a way the countryside is considered more dangerous than the big cities. I think this is pretty unique for Colombia. - There's football (that's proper football, not American, he he) on TV every day. - You find some of the most friendly ... |
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San Gil, Barichara and Guane.
Sep 23, 2008 (61 photos) Roadtrip from Tayrona to San Gil via El Playon, Bucaramanga and Chicamocha Canyon. |
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Church hopping.
Oct 21, 2005 (3 photos) I haven't really spent much time on this trip visiting museums, but I have seen a good few churches. More than my share for sure. I have never really been a museum freak, but of course I like a good museum, only problem is that it's not often I find one ... |
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No time for Mango's.
Jun 2, 2007 (3 photos) We arrived in Medellin early morning on the night bus from Tolú. So in less than two years, I was once again back in this big city with its spectacular setting in the Aburrá Valley. Breakfast consisted of Colombian hot dogs at the bus station, and ... |
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The great Chicken Vindaloo race.
Feb 14, 2005 (9 photos) ... los Pegasos in Cartagena, Colombia. And the worst meal? Without a doubt the hamburger at El Rancho restaurant in San Agustin, Colombia. Everything was awful. The burger itself, the salad, the mouldy bread and the terrible cheese. Tomorrow I am already ... |
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Ciudad Perdida
Aug 11, 2007 (26 photos) ... , when we show up the next morning, we are paired with Martin from Switzerland and the entire Ortiz family, originally from Colombia and now living in NYC. Their family includes two teenage boys, mother, father, two teenage cousins, father's cousin and family ... |
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Mud mud glorious MUD!!!!!!
Jun 1, 2005 (22 photos) ... of mud was gone, she was very thorough. We met a german couple while wollowing who are working and living in Barranquilla, Colombia. We shared a few beers them and they kindly offered us a lift back to the crossroads which we gratefully accepted, not ... |
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In the coffee zone.
Jun 16, 2007 (47 photos) ... time. The place is so green and absolutely stunning. What the valley is most famous for is however its wax palms, the national tree of Colombia and also the tallest palm trees in the world, that grow as high as 60 meters. Johana and I get so excited, so we ...
A travel blog entry from Pereira, Termales de San Vicente, Salento, Valle de Cocora by stevefn
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Hey girl, where's your beer goggles???
Oct 28, 2005 (5 photos) I so wish I had a video camera, so I could have shown you this place (not really, let me keep it a secret). My brother and I are celebrating Halloween at Mango's in Medellin. Mango's, a club I had heard rumors about from a few other travelers, so of ... |
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Leaving Bog
Jun 22, 2006 Leave Bogota next morning bit sad having not seen anything dodgy at all. We are all lalmost hoping for an incident on the way to the airport but despite our taxi drivers awful driving (and everyone elses here) we arrive unscathed. We are flying mainly ... |
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Wot no drugs still?
Jun 21, 2006 (13 photos) Up early yesterday to get our bus out of Bogota further north to see a bit more of the country. We head out of the city (which is also very westernised by the way the inevitable McDs and pizza hut etc but not over the top). Through lots of toll roads ... |
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Pictures for the Colombian Carribean Coast
Jan 22, 2008 (22 photos) Lots of Photos of the Carribean coastal areas. Tentative entry to come...dunno about that Hey all, quick sales pitch. If you think what we have done in Peru is a good thing, and are looking for an opportunity to donate some money to a good ... |
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Let the adventure begin...
May 31, 2007 (28 photos) ... de San Bernardo". Tolú is kind of touristy, with local Colombians that is. Although a few backpackers has also started to discover this part of Colombia. But we are here at the end of May, in the rainy season, so we have the town more or less to ourselves, ...
A travel blog entry from Tolú and Isla Mucura (Archipielago de San Bernardo) by stevefn
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Final thoughts
Aug 22, 2007 (21 photos) ... Caribe, Venezuela - $5 a night, and it wasn't the worst room we've been in Most expensive hostel: Cartagena, Colombia (Thanks Washington!) Funniest bar: Barney Gomez Bar in Salta, Argentina Most interesting town: El Congo, where all the homes are ... |
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Ok, so Medellin for the weekend right?
Sep 15, 2005 (17 photos) ... of the campus and had a full day of just hanging with the local univercity kids - probably one of my favourite memories of Colombia so far - just integrated right into the scene you know? Most importantly though, these girls came with us to the FUTBÓL!!!!!! ... |
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Gold at altitude
Oct 22, 2005 (5 photos) ... rather than visiting museums etc. We were quite proud of ourselves when we managed to have a conversation in Spanish about Colombia's complicated political problems and quite surprised that the people seemed to be so positive about the government and the ... |
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Oh mighty river (oh bloody mosquitoes).
Feb 18, 2005 (20 photos) I talked to a Colombian girl the other day, and when I told her that I was going to Leticia, she just laughed and said they would slit my throat before I got to the arrival hall. At least, surely before the taxi stand. I didn't think more about it before ... |
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Rum overload
Oct 15, 2005 (23 photos) ... who had lost money gambling on Colombia's exit from the World Cup. This apparently is not the only football-connected shooting in Colombia - there have been more as recently as 2003. And you thought the England team got a raw deal when they got home after ... |
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Diving in the Caribbean
May 15, 2003 Sorry its taken a while to update this, but Ive been busy mucking about in the ocean and rediscovering Lost Cities in the jungle. Ah, its a tough life... So, Im finally a qualified open water diver! We booked ourselves onto a 3 day course on board a ... |
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Viagra: the Colombian cure for travel sickness!
Jun 7, 2005 (35 photos) ... a week in Bogotá jamming every day full of sight seeing, tamale eating (*Puerto False for the best tamales and handmade sweets in Colombia), getting high on the toxic pollution levels. Our first port of call had to be the world famous Museo De Oro (Gold ... |
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The most wonderful road in the world
Apr 22, 2006 (8 photos) There are two ways to get to Mendoza from Uspallata - the easy way and the hard way. I took the hard way, to avoid the lorries and enjoy the scenery. This entailed a climb out of Uspallata, on a gravel road, to a height of 3000m. The main problem with the ... |
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Decameron Hotel Isla Palma
Oct 18, 2005 (10 photos) After a few weeks of Sampling the worst of Colombias hotels (whose staff were never any less than mega friendly and helpful though) it was time to sample the best for 3 days. Decameron is a chain of resorts here that claim to be 5 star, in reality this ... |
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Delicious days...
Oct 7, 2005 (16 photos) ... with colourful wild flowers and as we passed through little villages I noticed that most houses had gorgeous flowers hung everywhere. Colombia is so pretty compared to other poor SA countries! Just past the entrance to the park the road ended and we ... |
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Silicon Valley...
Jun 14, 2008 (98 photos) Somewhere in the Medellin night, after an indeterminate number of drinks, in a random, unidentified bar, a conversation much like the following took place: 'Nup. No way'. 'Yeah. I reckon. You can tell the difference.' 'Aha ha. ... |