La Vieja Suiza
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Arrival in to the Colombian capital
... eventually we made it.
A smart looking guy in a suit called to arrange a large taxi for us, due to the huge boxes. We knew we were probably being charged twice the price that we should’ve paid but there wasn’t much we could do about it. The young taxi driver confidently nodded that he knew where our hostel was, so we loaded the bikes and hopped in. It didn’t take long for us to ...
Bogota ain't so bad afterall
... it came so soon after the night-bus. It was made slightly more bearable by the fact that somehow we got bunked up to business class for our flight to Cusco. How well the flight was only an hour! Even so, we got drinks and a nice breakfast that the plebs in economy class didn't get. The views from the plane of snow-capped mountains piercing through the clouds were stunning. We arrived in Cusco airport at 7am.
PS - these pictures are still with the old camera!
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30 hour bus journey!
... to dress like the locals and blend in". Well, If I honoured this, I would be wearing bright purple, pink or fluro blue tights, with a tight top showing all the rolls I have accumulated this trip.. Then, I would have blended in. The fact that I have bought local things, such as, knitted jumpers, aztec print bags and shoes makes me look like a gringo! Anyone wearing locally made jumpers, bags, shoes, tie dyed pants says, "I am a gringo", oh the irony... No ...
Yo Creo en Colombia
... dat is toch levensgevaarlijk?” Hij heeft gelijk. Colombia draagt nog steeds de naam onveilig te zijn terwijl er de laatste 10 jaar veel veranderd is. Zijn presentatie zit vol cijfers en grappige en soms confronterende foto’s over de ontwikkeling van Colombia. We raken iets meer onder de indruk met wie we zitten te praten als hij ons een hoofdstuk uit het boek “The speed of trust” van Stephen M. ...
Caribbean has-bean
... running, jumping clown mobs, and then groups with plastic elephant heads (elephants were a frequent theme of the costumes - a lingering heritage of some pre-captivity legends of the Black slaves who make up a large part of the population), and all the while some happy bozos in the crowd were spraying everyone with pressurized cans of foam. After two hours, we surrendered our seats (which were useless anyway as more and more people slipped in front of the seats ...
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