Hotel Dann Barranquilla

... of the small plaza that sold baked goods. It looked so good and there was a line with about six people. On my way back to the hotel and the meeting point I was doing some serious observations and I observed a ´joven´ go slightly out of his way to step on a crunchy looking leaf. I thought that was great. I´m part of this group on facebook that´s called "I will go slightly out of my way to step on a crunchy looking leaf". I myself will do this but I ...

... called me "caprichosa" which basically means flip flopper and this went on for about 40 minutes. I attempted to explain that I was an assistant not a teacher and I only work 12 hours a week so didn´t it make sense for it to be as compact as possible and couldn´t they just be flexible.. No. It was like speaking to a wall. I was so frustrated and felt like I was being ganged up on that I started crying. Finally, after settling down I asked them to just ...

... je dors dans une caravane, dans le jardin, j'ai une casita, c'est chouette!  J'investis très rapidement les lieux... Ca me fait beaucoup de bien de me poser dans un endroit si calme, et rempli d'une belle énergie de vie! La vie simple de la campagne me plaît.. A côté de la caravane, se trouve une douche solaire (yeah!) et des toilettes sèches!! décidément y a tout pour me plaire ;-) J'essaie de parler espagnol, je sens que mon ...

... However, the thing that took the longest was getting pulled over. We got stopped twice. Luckily one set of cops really just wanted to help us. However, the second set really wanted a bribe. The police ended up wasting about 30 minutes of our lives, the longest time yet. We still won, no bribe paid, but it was a big waste of time! Police 1- Christina &amp; Devin 7!<br><br>We finally ...

... sich alle über irgendwen, waren sich schonmal beim Reisen in irgeneinem Hostel begegnet oder lernten sich eben neu kennen... es ist schliesslich Karneval! Also waren wir in Endeffekt eine lustige Truppe von etwa 15 leuten, die alle zusammen feiern waren , sich unterwegs verloren und wiederfanden, oder wenn nicht, auch nicht schlimm. Irgendwie hatte jeder Spass und verloren gegangen ist keiner (zumindest nie für länger als 24 Stunden ;) Am Samstag habe ich dann endlich Gustavo ...

... although we sometimes felt like we were in a workout video, all stood in lines as we were. At certain points, the whole group would come together into a circle and then different people would go to the centre for a dance-off. As the gringos that were brave enough to have a go, we each got dragged into the centre in turn by a girl. When there all we could do was pathetically try to keep up with these women who were shaking there ***** at us at a mind-boggling speed. Shakira ...

... us out on the middle of the highway, at the mouth of a dirt road, and told us that the last bus going back to Barranquilla would pass here at 4:30. We had an hour and a half, should be plenty of time we thought. It took us just like fifteen minutes to get to the mud volcano, which was about 15-20 meters high. I checked the time, so that we would get back in time. We quickly changed into our bathing suits, climbed up the staircase, and had the "pool" all to ourselves ...

Not a massive amount to tell this time round. Due to work demands, my last trip away was to Tayrona National Park, but me and Hannah are hoping to sneak a few days in Cartagena next week,and try to be proper culture vultures. Semester has now ended at uni (well most classes,I still have my business class through December),so this now entitles me to a mere 3 hours of class per week ...

... We laughed and I explained to her that Mamacita in mexican spanish means "hot chick" or "chica guapa." We started laughing even harder and I told her that I thought it was a fitting name because she is quite pretty for an older lady...So there it was, we're going to call her Mamacita, and everyone is happy with it. Today, most likely in the next couple of hours, a girl from norway is also coming to live here in a room. How ironic is that ...

November 24 Arrival in the early morning in cold Granada... I manage to find the place of my Couch Surfing host and could leave my bag... I took a nap of 3h and later on went out again to meet up with Marjut(HC) to visit on the old town and on the few Panoramic spot. I met again with Christof(CS) by 17h and we climbed up on of the hill to have a view on the snowy Sierra ...