Mariposa Azul Tobia
Km 2.3 via Nimaima, Tobia Cundinamarca Tobia, Colombia
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Reality as it is
Was pretty wild seeing the scenery on the outskirts of Bogota. My time in Costa Rica didnīt really prepare me for the poverty that was in Colombia, nor the security. There were policia everywhere, military where they werenīt. Guarding small shops, street corners and even seemingly no more than mounds of dirt. En route to Sasaima I asked the dude who wasnīt driving but who sticks his head out the door wherever there is a crowded corner and yells ...
I was never meant to be a farmer...
We spent two amazing days at la finca (the farm) - La Granja Integral de Nuestra Senora del Valle. The kids who are at la finca are some of the more problematic ones - ones with behavioral or psychiatric problems. They just weren't getting along well at the Hogar, so it was decided to try having some of them move out to the farm. What a difference it has made for the majority of the kids that I knew before at the Hogar. They have purpose - they each have a job ...
Do you believe in destiny?
Well I was getting ready to leave Bogota after I had spent a couple of days there couchsurfing at Paul's apartament. I met him thru their website www.couchsurfing.com . I went to the bus terminal and found out that the next bus to Cali didn't leave until latre at night. From experience since I have been through here three timnes in the last 5 years... I didn't want to arrive at 3 in the morning to CAli. ...
Hot, hot, hot and Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna ..
2nd August 2009
Hotel norma, Espinal, Colombia (20,000)
We've bought ice for drinks, it's friggin hot!
Fusa – Espinal (90kms)
It's like the sublime to the ridiculous, yesterday we were at 2600+ metres, wet and cold, today, we're down to 300 metres and sweating like gooduns. It's so hot it's very reminiscent of South East Asia so much so that we've had to buy ice ...
Bogota
April 7th-8th 2007 Bogota Our plans for our last 2 days in Bogota were thwarted by Barb having yet another attack of a tummy bug and feeling not too well. Saturday morning Barb slept while Pete went hunting a Goretex jacket in the Unicentro shopping centre, one of the upmarket malls. They only had a few coats, all the wrong sizes. Bogota is nothing like Adelaide, where you can choose from at least 8 travel stores and 100 jackets. We visited the ...
