Cali
Travel Blogs from Cali, Colombia
Just Monkeyin' Around!
... cages, with basic levels of caring and feed. However, with the local government support and contributions of some respectable citizens, Cali Zoo began an impressive transformation that now ranks it in the first Colombian's Zoo and one of the most cutting ...
Coming down the mountain
... , slept most of the day so he missed out on Edwin´s mockery of "los tios" and the death and destruction they unleashed on Colombia. The best part of the day was Edwin´s narration of the kidnappings in 2003 when he was awoken by members of the ...
Cali
... restaurants in Cali! Zo hebben ze ons meegenomen naar '18km' (diez-y-ocho kilometros) een piepklein partydorpje 18 kilometer vanaf Cali waar geen huizen zijn maar alleen cafe's en barretjes. Ook hebben Luzius en ik een rondleiding gekregen van Fabian ...
Simon Dunne: Salsa King
I was in Cali, Colombia the self proclaimed salsa capital of Latin America with the self-proclaimed hottest women in Colombia. Whereas the women´s claim is debateable there is no debating that the weather is hot and the music is hotter. Someone once told ...
Job interview in Cali
... Following the publication of my CV on the web few weeks ago, the 5th December was the date for my first interview in Colombia. It was in Cali and obviously in Spanish. Easy for the trilingual that I became he he he. The most difficult was probably to ...
SALSA, SALSA, SALSA, SALSA, SALSA
... ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HDxuNSWjqc&feature=PlayList&p=8F3681B5D2744DC3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=28 Nog even een linkje om een idee te krijgen van de Cali Salsa....zet een koptelefoontje op...en geniet! Viva la ...
Nieuwjaar
... ! Helaas...de straten waren afgezet in het centrum, er was werkelijk niemand op straat en het was doodstil! Santiago de Cali, een stad met ruim 2 miljoen mensen was totaal uitgestorven! Bij het park aangekomen waren troffen we enkel een aantal politie ...
Zoo
... that much to do here. We got here yesterday night, we walked so long from the bus terminal to our hostel with the backpacks... And Cali is expensive so with these two things in mind we decided to leave tomorrow. We spent our day at the zoo. I was not too ...
Berg etappe...
... terminal Sur waren...we hadden rekening gehouden met een enorme ochtendspits....maar die was er niet. Heleen kocht buskaartjes voor de trip naar Cali en ik ging op pad voor koek en zopie. In de wachthal was nog net tijd voor een capuchino en drie donuts ...
Plastic Fantastic
... thing that I noticed, hence the title, is the big breatsed and big-behind women! You can´t help but stare!!! LOL. Cali ápparently has the best reputation for plastic surgery, so much so, I think I´m going to have to look into it a little ...
Kerst 2009
... in Cali en dat is anders dan de feestdagen doorbrengen in een hostel met lotgenoten....maar de hostels zitten bomvol. Heel Cali is versierd met spuiglelijke kerstversiering. Het is werkelijk niet om aan te zien. De straten zijn ´s avonds overladen met ...
Cali and the Cauca valley.
... de Iguana and went out to a nearby restaurant that served some of the best food we’ve eaten since being in Colombia. Cali was full of surprises. The next morning the helpful staff pointed us in the direction of a family health clinic ...
Journey to Colombia
... could have done with a bed and a shower. But it was straight to the airport for a plane to Quito and onward to Cali with a 2 hour transit window in Quito. Despite the tight schedule and minimal time between the bus and the plane, I arrived in Cali ...
Tumbaco (Ecuador) - Cali (Kolumbien)
... ) – Bolivar – Ipiales – Tangua – La Llana – El Estrecho – Rosas – Popayán – Cali Um die Panamericana zu vermeiden, empfiehlt Santiago uns, entlang der alten Zugstrecke zu fahren. 23 km lang radeln wir ohne ...
Cali
On the 21st February at 11am, I left Quito to visit our last country in South America - Colombia I took a local bus from Quito North (no ATM) to get to the Ecuadorian Border town of Tulcan. From here it was a taxi to the actual border followed by ...
Ley Seca - Bad luck...
... no bars open. The reason: presidential elections. Normally this would not put a stop to one’s enjoyment but you see, Cali is a destination which revolves around one thing, and one thing only: salsa! So basically in order to ensure the maximum ...
Salsahauptstadt
... isch au da super gsi und d Musik gmischt, aber dae groescht Teil Salsa. Mir hend gfunde, was mir gsuecht hend z Cali, het u Spass gmacht:-) D Stadt selber buetet noed wuerklich viel. Mir hend s Stadtzentrum bsuecht, sind aber schnell wieder zrugg im ...
a Cali
A ida a Cali foi tranquila. um pouco demorada, como sempre. Logo que cheguei fui a concessionaria Yamaha, e tive a estranha sensacao de ver outras motos iguais aa minha, o que muito me alegrou e tambem me espantou. Eu descobriria que toda a policia ...
a Buenaventura e volta a Cali
... entao fazer algo mais interessante e aproveitar para testar a moto. Fui a Buenaventura, la pelas 10 am, o maior porto da Colombia , uma especie de Santos, so que bem mais feia. Fui parado duas vezes pela policia, mais por curiosidade de saber de ...
Another Colombian Experience
... we ask the FBO handler about the viability of our strategy. He says that despite a fuel emergency, if we land at Cali without a permit, they could confiscate our plane. This is a little frustrating. Time is ticking away and we can do ...
New Years Celebrations
New Year in Colombia is very much a family event and is celebrated I`d say more so than Christmas. So in order to celebrate with your friends, you do it the day before and the day after, which is exactly what we did. We went out to a club ...
Cali
... , I said goodbye to Guayaquil and headed to my first Colombian destination, Cali. The Heart of Salsa Cali sits as one of the southernmost stops on the Colombia circuit. The city itself is not much to talk about. After spending the last month ...
Taking a Coffee Break in Colombia
... were on yet another mini bus, this time to head north to Salento, a small and very cute town in La Zona Cafetera de Colombia (the coffee region). The main street and plaza are totally geared for tourists, but not in an overly tacky way. ...
A Swede!
"Cali has an edge" claims the Lonely Planet. If it does it's the only thing it's got. We take a dander into the 'old town' and discover a sweaty, smelly, dirty, polluted, vehicle infested city centre with maybe two decent looking ...
Xmas, new year and Salsa!
... then went out and danced salsa In a club that night. It was a lot harder than in the lesson. I had a few more lessons in Cali and danced a lot in clubs and I definately know what I'm doing now and don't feel like an idiot dancing with the colombians. ...
Cali, Ville de la salsa et de la rumba
... est la capitale mondiale de la salsa et de la rumba. Nous y sommes restes une nuit car le reste de la ville n'a que peu d'interet. Cali is the city to go out and danse. It is the world capital of salsa and rumba. The rest of the city doesn't have much ...

