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Tinto...
Jun 10, 2008
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"Chapter 1 - Images of coffee... A. The Cafe I´m buzzing. Buzzing all over. Like a bee on a glorious summer's day. Or a 70s television well past its use-by d ..."
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A little adventure in Bogota.
Jul 5, 2007
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"Wednesday (July 4) Today I just got to Colombia. Philly International is probably ugliest airport I've ever seen, and since we had to wait at least a half hour on the runway ..."
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Juan Valdez's secret love affair with his donkey
Feb 25, 2007
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" STEVE SAYS... Sara and I arrive to the Bogota airport at 8:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 22. Sorry to disappoint, but O'Toole's predicted cavity search didn't happen...we'll save that t ..."
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How Hertz felt?
Jan 7, 2008
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"I´m not trying to call John out....well actually I am....but I´m not sure he was accurate with some of his word choices in his last entry. Were his days being bitten by hundreds of ..."
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Police searches and buses
Oct 19, 2006
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"Ever found yourself somewhere so hot that the compulsory cold showers have you screaming "not cold enough!"? That's Santa Marta. The sea breeze eventually rises from its slumber an ..."
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In Columbia at last!
Jun 17, 2006
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"We then head into the nearby border town of Ipiales which is pretty huge compared to what we were expecting. Some of the local men are staring at the women and blowing kisses which ..."
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The Amazing Race
Nov 14, 2006
"Well I made it... Just!!!! All started poorly, missing the express ferry and ending up in the cattle class local 5 hour ferry from the Island. Picked up a travel partner, Pam ..."
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All good things come to those who wait!!
Jul 19, 2007
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"Immigration would not process us until this morning so last night was spent on the boat. We were all so tired that everyone went to bed early and this morning we were up to wait on ..."
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locombia - the crazy country
Dec 16, 2005
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"8 December, 2005 Locombia - The Crazy Country Santa Marta, Colombia - Choking dust fills the air. Plastic bags swirl over bony, lifeless stray dogs. Shanty towns made of tarps, sti ..."
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Cartagena
Aug 30, 2006
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"The Darien Gap Our first port of call in South America is Colombia, and although it's connected to Panama by land, we can only get there by plane or boat. This is because of a larg ..."
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Cali cartel and the bargaining gringos of Buga
Aug 31, 2005
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"WOW. No really, WOW. Colombia is a truly amazing place - the people and culture, the physical beauty of the country and the near total lack of other tourists are sure to spoil me f ..."
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Mud mud glorious MUD!!!!!!
Jun 1, 2005
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"Our first country in South America was supposed to be Ecuador, avoiding Colombia at all cost, supposedly being the most dangerous country on the continent. However, after our exper ..."
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SOUTH AMERICA !!!!
Dec 20, 2004
(16 photos)
"Finally, after 12 long days on a sailboat, I´ve arrived in South America! In Panama City, I found a captain sailing to Colombia. The Panamerican highway, which otherwise connects A ..."
A travel blog entry from Cartagena by
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Poor but happy!
Oct 2, 2005
(12 photos)
"Local people often rearrange the name of Colombia to spell "Locombia": The mad country. You don´t need to be here long or to delve very far to find out why. A country where the nor ..."
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Arrival in Letecia, Colombia
Oct 30, 2004
"Letecia, Colombia Spent 11 hours on a fast boat going full speed down the Amazon. Left Iquitos at 6am and arrived at about 530pm. And keep in mind we were going between 80 and 100k ..."
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Hey Locombia, where's all the Gringos?
Jan 15, 2005
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""I'm talking to you, yes you Esteve! Colombia (aka Locombia, the mad country), why the heck do you want to go there?" I guess it warrants a question or two. It's definitively not t ..."
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First week in Bogota
Feb 1, 2004
"Hey kids, I know, this update comes quick on the heels of my last one, but I am so fired up about being here, I thought I might share some of my excitement - you know, before I get ..."
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Vive Colombia!
Apr 18, 2004
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"Colombia was supposed to be my last Spanish speaking country in South America, but instead it turned out to be the first. As soon as we got off the boat in Tabatinga we were eager ..."
A travel blog entry from Leticia by
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Bogota madness
Apr 13, 2003
"Well, Ive finally made it to the mad place that is Bogota! And I have to say, I love this city! Im staying in a fantastic hostel called Platypus where most of the gringo travellers ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
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Goodbye Venezuela, Hello Colombia
Oct 29, 2006
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"Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don't! As we dropped down from the isolated heights of the Venezuelan Andes we anticipated spending a few pleasant days exploring the colo ..."
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Bogota, Colombia
Oct 4, 2007
"On Tuesday afternoon we arrived safely in Bogota, Colombia. The plane trip was brutal. Red eye to Miami with 4 hour layover in which Rory opted to blow up the air mattr ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
amwiley
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Bogota--Point of Take-off
Jun 12, 2007
(6 photos)
"After a wonderful 12 day visit with Daniel and Abby here in Colombia, we are now gearing up for our trip. We've got lists of things to remember, things to take care of before we go ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
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kncno v Bogoti
Jul 20, 2008
(8 photos)
"Torej... Spet vsem skupaj lepe pozravcke iz kolektivnega dopusta :-) Letos mu pravima kolektivni, ker Maji preurejajo delovno mesto in se je morala odmaknit na dopust, ja ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
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Bogota - better than expected
Jul 10, 2007
(13 photos)
"Bogota is so much better than I expected from a town with 7 million people. We arrived sleepy after the 5 1/2 hour flight from Santiago a little apprehensive about the safety of th ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
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Carnaval In Colombia
Mar 5, 2006
(35 photos)
"First stop was Cartagena, a beautiful town with old colonial buildings on the coast of the Carribean. Cartagena was once the storage point for merchandise from Spain and also for t ..."
A travel blog entry from Cartagena and Barranquilla by
kit10
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Finally Reaching South America :)
Aug 7, 2006
(8 photos)
" Finally, I was to return to South America, after my extended stay in Central America! I started with a leap into the unknown - Colombia! At hom ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
sara_minx
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I´m in Colombia!
Jun 21, 2007
"went on a little trek yesterday morning to lake mojanda...again it was raining. at one point we stopped at the top and sat down for some lunch and i just bursted out laughing becau ..."
A travel blog entry from Popayan by
micachina
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Bogata Airport
Aug 29, 2007
"Bogota Airport Going to the Galapagos Islands was that expensive that it has meant I cant now afford to see Columbia properly on this trip, I cant help feeling that 2 hours in the ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
steviesteveo
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Santa Marta / Taganga
Jun 10, 2008
(28 photos)
"04/06/2008 - T We did shopping in the morning and sorted out cash, no ATM´s in Taganga, and headed to this small dive town. So hot, very relaxed and a luxurious hostel! Got so ..."
A travel blog entry from Santa Marta by
tomandlizzie
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Bogota
May 20, 2008
(9 photos)
"So finally I am here in Colombia! My flight from Miami was 3 hours late! I was stressing out because I didn't have my friend's phone number on me (que pendejo!!!). ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
troispistoles
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Locombia
Aug 29, 2005
"Crossing the boarder from Ve to Colombia is really quite an experience. I think the best part was the por puesto from Maraciabo (where it was really hot, at leat 100 degrees, or 40 ..."
A travel blog entry from Santa Marta by
aabrown
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Bucaramanga--City of Friendly People
Mar 15, 2008
(13 photos)
"After 9 hours of driving (including stopping for lunch) we arrived in Bucaramanga at the chapel building where Marcia VanderLaan and the Emmaus office staff met us with a cold supp ..."
A travel blog entry from Bucaramanga by
ecsflemings
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Santa Marta / Taganga
Jan 26, 2008
(7 photos)
"We had a quick wander around Santa Marta and enjoyed a beer at sunset before having dinner. We could only manage a couple of drinks with Anthony before going to sleep. The next mor ..."
A travel blog entry from Santa Marta by
elliotandcarla
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Colombia and the Peru Story
Jun 1, 2008
"Hi all, Well I am finally leaving Peru after three fantastic weeks of ruins and natural splendour. In fact, I have been forunate enough to be struck in Peru for one more day as my ..."
A travel blog entry from Leticia by
cammathie
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Colombia action!
Dec 21, 2006
(5 photos)
"Well I arrived in Cali a few days ago now and it´s a great place and feels as safe as every other place Ive been to so far. There´s plenty of action at night and the ´rhumba´heads ..."
A travel blog entry from Cali by
martinmcnally
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In the sultry heat of Cali
Aug 11, 2007
(4 photos)
"After our last minute decision to spend a week in Colombia, our flight to Cali was on Wedsnesday (August 8th). The flights were relatively inexpensive but we got stung by the ..."
A travel blog entry from Cali by
samandpriya
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Simple everyone's taking cocaine
Nov 2, 2005
(16 photos)
"OK, that's a lie. So far I haven´t seen anyone taking cocaine. Tato's family are being very hospitable and generous towards me. They are treating me like one of the family. They ar ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
ritchie
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Getting to Caragena
Mar 19, 2007
(4 photos)
"The first night I stayed in a hotel in the Candaleria section of Bogota. I wanted to go out, but the hotel guy didn't think it was safe - I needed to catch an early flight Nor ..."
A travel blog entry from Cartagena by
seanyb
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The Journey Begins
Mar 18, 2007
"I left home at 5:30 a.m. for the airport to begin traveling from Bogota to Miami to Los Angeles to Taipei to Phuket, Thailand where I have my first meetings. In case you want to fo ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
ecsflemings
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Day 25
Sep 29, 2007
"I've got to be better about keeping up with this. I can't remember anything after so much other exciting stuff has happened! Today we started our short story unit in World Lit. It ..."
A travel blog entry from The Caribbean Sea by
randiandersen
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Cartagena
Jun 27, 2006
(5 photos)
"Ok Mum, so I know I promised I wouldn´t got to Colombia, but we couldn´t resist a short stay in Cartagena, a beautiful walled city on the Carribean coast of Colombia. We flew strai ..."
A travel blog entry from Cartagena by
cjsceats
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Viva Colombia!
Jan 29, 2007
(13 photos)
"Its been over 56hrs in Colombia, and I have not been robbed, kidnapped, stabbed, shot, etc. Not a bad effort if I do say so myself. :) Really liking it here i ..."
A travel blog entry from Bogota by
wooly
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Week 7 - The Jungle Part II
Sep 30, 2004
(15 photos)
"··· La version d`André suit ··· So, we arrived in Tabatinga, Brazil around 4 p.m. Once we had climbed the huge, steep stone staircase from the docks (in the wet season, I assume th ..."
A travel blog entry from Leticia by
jen_and_andre
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Ecuador, No. Colombia, Yes.
Jun 5, 2006
"Quito turned out to really suck. Sure the historic center would´ve been neat, if it wasn´t filled with creepers, but the rest of the place was just...unfriendly. I might have been ..."
A travel blog entry from Ipiales by
astralcars
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Cartagena
Jun 22, 2008
"From Caracas I flew to Cartagena, Colombia. Cartagena is mixture of African, Caribbean, and Spanish culture. I spent my short stay here exploring the historic center.&n ..."
A travel blog entry from Cartagena by
pchun88
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Our favorite town so far!
May 26, 2008
(10 photos)
"Columbia... We spent 5 hrs in Panamas fine airport on a stop over on the way to Columbia. We finally got ourselves a spare camera battery and on top of that, we bought a tin ..."
A travel blog entry from Cartegena by
chillwithjoe
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No Ritka for Me
Nov 3, 2002
"San Andreas is a small resort island off the coast of Nicaragua. For the Colombians it's a nice little home away from home. For the Nicaraguans it's an annoyance because they think ..."
A travel blog entry from San Andreas Island by
jackdrury
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Road to Manizales
Jan 9, 2008
"We left Bogota on the 9th Jan to head to Manizales where there is a big coffee festival with parades and celebrations everyday. We took a day bus because we were told the night bus ..."
A travel blog entry from Manizales by
jjwong
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5 days on a leaky boat..
Oct 31, 2006
"So after 5 days stuck on a boat, i finally get to clock up a new continent! To say that the trip from Panama to Cartagena was interesting would be an out-and-out lie - really some ..."
A travel blog entry from Cartagena by
jamesjames
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Arrived in Cartagena
Jan 22, 2007
(14 photos)
"In the morning we set off to the coach station Bogota and looked for the first coach leaving for Cartagena. We managed to find the coach and had some time to spare and drink some f ..."
A travel blog entry from Cartagena by
jwasowicz
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Colombia, Bogota & Cali
May 18, 2008
(10 photos)
"Hi guys, well i liked Ecuador so much i thought why not keep going & have a little glimpse at Colombia too! I went to Bogota the capital city & spent 4 days there. It is a real liv ..."
A travel blog entry from Colombia by
simbah
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Goodbye Panama, Hello Colombia
Aug 9, 2007
(34 photos)
"Just want to let you know we arrived savely in Colombia. More within the next few days! We are in Medellin since 6 days. patri and her family were very very nice to us and we were ..."
A travel blog entry from Medellin by
tempesh
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