Chicamocha Park is about a 45 minute ride from Bucaramanga. The parks attractions are a 30 minute cable car (Air Tramway) ride through the Chicamocha Canyon. The Tramway is one of the longest of it’s type in the world. All four sides of the car are plexiglass giving 360 degree views of the surrounding terrain. …
Growing up my mom used made up words fairly often. Sometimes when I look back, I’m amazed that I can put coherent english sentences together. Sometimes she would call me her little FacciaBadu. I suppose this word celebrated her Italian heritage, and the career of Erykah Badu. For the record, my mom has probably never …
Every city has bad areas, but not every city goes out of their way to make those areas better. Many cities seem to shut out these rough segments of society. The governments magic trick, a distraction, some sleight of hand, and if you look away for long enough, you can pretend the problems have disappeared. …
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No matter where you are from, you probably know the name of Colombia’s most notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar. Lauded for his good deeds, almost as much as he was condemned for his atrocities. After being here a week, I can see why he wanted to come back so badly during his exile in Panama. …
Along your travels you will meet a lot of different people. Some people will pass through like petals in the wind, some will take root and others will make you wonder if they should just jump out of the gene pool. Like stones, we all tumble through this river of muck. Some of us roll …
33 years ago today, my favorite Colombian was born. Today’s blog post will be short and sweet. I want to spend my day in celebration rather than sitting behind a keyboard. If it wasn’t for Johanna, I wouldn’t be here in Colombia today, enjoying this beautiful country, and all it has to offer. Over the …
Most people who buy fast food and bring it home, don’t finish their meal, and immediately toss their trash on the floor. Most of us take that extra step, and toss it in the trash can. We don’t want to look like slobs, and we don’t want our house to look disgusting, so we keep the …
Before this trip, the little knowledge I had of Cartagena all involved secret service members, their “members”, and prostitutes. Needless to say, I was a little disappointed that I never even had a prostitute so much as look my way. Thanks a lot Obama. In all seriousness, many reviews made it sound as if drugs, …
On Monday we met up with Johanna’s cousin, Laura, who was in Cartagena for work. The three of us are touring around Cartagena, Barranquilla, Santa Marta and Parque Tayrona for a week. I will be talking about each of these places in separate blog posts in the coming weeks, but today I wanted to touch …
While I am still in love with Villa De Leyva, I am glad we didn’t have enough money to stop traveling and run a bed and breakfast. With each new destination comes a new set of unrealistic dreams. When we arrived in Armenia I immediately said, “I could live here”, to which Johanna replied, sarcastically, …