Las Americas Colombia

Lucky and AV... everything we need on our back, off to tear it up in the Americas!

So, seeing as we missed out on the ´BA lifestyle´ that seemed so widespread amongst other students during our varisty career we decided we needed a break! Conveniently this also meant that we could put off being really responsible for another year!!!!! ...

Starting in Boston, the journey took me across the States and then down through Mexico, Central and South America

... and hardest adventure ever in my life. We fly out to Ushuaia on 20th March to start our 20 000mile journey of the Americas. My motorcycle, a Honda Transalp 700 has already been shipped on 15th Jan together with 17 other bikes. We are giving ourselves 9 ...

Well guys, hi and thanks for logging on to my travelpod webpage to check out the mischief I'm getting up to. At the moment things are going sweetly at Coppercreek camp and the big travels are due to start on August 13th. So sit back, relax and read on ...

Hello from Leonard and Karyn. Leonard has recently turned 60, and Karyn has once again turned 49. This travelogue will record our first retirement trip which will start Nov 14/06. That is the day we fly from Winnipeg Canada to Santiago Chile. On ...

... some of my tunes for those incredibly long bus rides, since my own stupid ipod only works when it wants to...  Man, Colombia is freaking HOT! The midday to late afternoon sun weighs down so heavy on you that your eyes begin to close involuntarily ...

... ; No way even on a bike you could get there that fast.  We travel only till about 2 stopping at Las Lajas, one of the most beautiful churches in the Americas. We find a hotel called the Pastoral. It has to have been a Convent the way it is decorated ...

... depois pelo Bairro residencial Bocagrande e paramos no Pierino Gallo Shopping Mall onde compramos um estatueta regional. Fomos ainda conhecer Las Bovedas (Calabouços) onde tinha uma grande feira de artesanato. A data da independência da Colômbia é 11 ...

... cousin, Clemecia (mom's brother's eldest daughter) met me at the aiport and off we went to her mom, Melba's house in the Americas section of Medellin. On the way down from the airport which is in Rio Negro(yes, I think my sister named my nephew ...

... hodgepodge of tramps, ravens, tricksters, hucksters and urchin s.  As the only real tourist destination in Colombia, there is no shortage of rascals preying on the growing number of foreigners here, though crime is far from ...

... San Felipe de Barajas, que se anuncia como "a maior obra militar colonial das Américas" -- título também reivindicado por San Pedro de Las Cabañas, na entrada da Baía de Havana. O forte é da primeira metade do Século XVI e domina toda a cidade e ...

... (involving world maps and ping pong balls) proving that we were indeed an easily entertained group, another university mission, another Colombia world cup knock out game, and several eventful (perspective dependant, just ask Shawn on his later emails!!) ...

... cruise we arrived in Cartagena, Columbia. Cartagena is famous for being one of the first sanctuaries of freed African slaves in the Americas. The "Historic Old Town", as it is called, is surrounded by Las Murallas, a wall built between the 16th and 18th ...

... a small cup. The following morning we left Coronado to Panama City.  We were going to enter the city by the bridge Las Americas but we passed the entrance.  Instead, we entered the city by the Centennial bridge, a very modern drawbridge.  ...

... or just handing the bus driver 12 cents in change works also. A few days ago they painted traffic lines (3 lanes) on the De Las Americas.  Wow, perhaps the concept to stay in one's own lane will actually catch on. Doubt it! Bought an avocado tree ...

... in, we did manage to quickly notice some cute and artsy-looking boutiques--but we'll be back.  Mega Tienda Del Sur Avenida de las Americas y Cornelio Crespo  a media cuadra de la Av. Don Bosco (in fact, you can even Google this place) I ...