Dann Carlton Cali

... and what with wanting to arrive in daylight we figured it might be easier to go to Popayan (supposed to be lovely) and take the 7 hour bus journey from there. So tomorrow we cycle to Popayan, leaving behind The Iguana Guest House, our lovely little home from home for the past few days.<br><br>Yesterday Sonya and Aaldrik (www.tour.tk) cycled into Cali. We had spotted their bikes in the hotel on the way up to la linea and we had heard about them from a Colombian ...

Meinen Geburtstag wollten wir alle zusammen in Cali feiern. Untergekommen sind wir bei Diego, einem guten Freund von Alex. Diego hat ein Restaurant im Zentrum von Cali, das "Fogon de San Fransisco". über dem Restaurant gibt es ein grosses Zimmer, mit einem Bett, einer Hängematte, ein paar Matratzen, viel Musik und noch mehr Büchern. Hier wohnt Diego und während unserer Zeit in Cali nun also auch wir. Nach einem ...

... satisfaction as it is to sexual satisfaction - quite a few motels were dotted around the suburban areas with their suggestive neon signs that left no room for doubt. The city is pretty much split in two, divided by a park in the middle. On the southern side is the so-called historic centre which was astonishingly run-down. Aside from one eye-catching building (the Inglesia de la Ermita), the rest of the southern side of the city was ...

... was a great day. We saw all sorts of animals: differents species of monkeys, tigres, lions, zebras, wild cats, boars, bears, parrots, pink flamengos, sea lions, leopards, dears, tortoises and many more. The down side was that we thought the cages were very small with little space for the animals, it is really a shame because it is a popular place and i am sure that they could do much better to preserve their quality of life...

... back there a few times and didn't really need-need to pee, just wanted to check out the scene - you can say that about bathrooms in very many places) was the surprising random acts of kindess from complete strangers around almost every corner. First it was the bus driver, then the taxi driver, next is was the person at the restaurant down the street. Cali probably hasn't had very many foreign tourists come visit in the last twenty years and even now it is seen as the ...

... The bus was delayed by an hour but eventually headed off towards Popayan (from where I need to catch another bus to Cali...no mean feat on the biggest national holiday Xmas eve). The three of us (Me, Javier and Adam the Yank) chose seats on the bus badly. On bad roads the back seat is a disaster and on a few occasions our heads nearly went through the roof. More bum, back, neck and skull shattering roads ensued for 4 hours. Arriving in Popayan at 3pm I bid farewell to my new mate Javier ...

... out there: if you are bigger than a size 12 or Large you WILL find it difficult find your size. I'm a size 14 and the XL that i did find were just t-shirts. Now, if you must shop, and you are my size, go to the maternity section LOL you'll find stuff that fits there. Most of the shirts are low cut and you will be showing A LOT of cleavage unless you wear an under shirt. If you are a 2X, forget it. You have to shop in ...

Wir sind nach Calí gekommen, um Alex und Edgardo zu besuchen. Wir haben die beiden vor vier Monaten in Buenos Aires kennengelernt und hatten dort eine superwitzige Zeit mit ihnen. Da Calí eh die Partystadt Kolumbiens ist, haben wir uns gedacht, es wär doch ganz nett nochmal ein wenig mit den Jungs feiern zu gehen - natürlich nur der guten alten Zeiten wegen...! Leider hatte die Familie von Alex grad Verwandtschaft aus ...

... in the hotel, had a nap, then had a drink or two, listened to music, chatted, watched a bit of tv, then hit the club at night. upon arrival, the boys sailed through in the mens queue next to me, but i was stopped and asked for id. my spanish is not great so i thought i mistunderstood, but then she asked me how old i was. serious, my eyes just widened with disbelief. "pero yo tengo 28 ...

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