Cali and around. It is a nice temperature here... 30 Celsius...a nice change to Quito were we have an constant temperature of 20, moreor less. I enjoy the days, here you see some pictures of Cali, strolling around, Pictures from some churches, the river, running through Cali and splits Cali into the North and the South side.

i've been learning "boogaloo" (a genre of music and dance that's a fusion of popular African American R&B, rock and roll and soul with mambo and son montuno) the past few days and it's hard work!!! especially in this heat here. imagine jumping up and down for an hour in 32 degree celcius! i've just posted a video clip of one of my classes that i...

I realised when I arrived in the Engish-run Calidad House hostal in Cali that I hadnt spoken English at all for four or five days, indeed hardly at all since arriving in Colombia. That changed, as suddenly I was surrounded by an assortment of gringos. I hardly did anything in Cali. My intention had been to go out there but, not knowing any local...

I arrived in Cali after a rough night - staying out late in NY and hoping to get on the 7:00 am flight where Iīd sleep 6 hrs and wake up refreshed. Wrong. Maybe one too many pints in Queens, because taking the Airtrain out to JFK was tough. I ended up falling asleep twice at different subway stops, once for I donīt know how long as I dozed on th...

I ended up catching a flight to Cali and by passing Bogota and two days of being on a bus. Cali is a really cool city... much more relaxed than other large Colombian cities I've been to. There's not too much in the way of sites here though, but I've managed to keep myself entertained for the past three days with a little drinking. My first full ...

Buenas chicos, Having spent the last week or two exploring the more contemporary aspects of Colombian culture, it became time to learn about its past... well, precolombian past at least! this started when i went with the family to lake calima, a few hours northwest of cali, where we stayed at a holiday resort where, it would appear, every caleņo...

Diana and I were still visiting long distance and I came to visit her on my spring break. Diana had been to the U.S. a few times before to visit me, but this was my first time to Colombia. I flew into Cali and Diana picked me up from the airport. She booked a room where we stayed for my visit. The next day I had a delicious lunch at her parents...