South America
San Andres – Stressed Out In Paradise
or Jimmy Buffet didn’t prepare me for this. (Skip the story, tips… pics here.) My life was flashing before my eyes. Or perhaps it was the Caribbean Sun reflecting off the chrome bumper of the truck I nearly crashed our “carto de golfo” into that was doing the flashing. Forget Read more…
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Cartagena – Romancing The Walled City
(Just the colorful pics!) Visiting Colombia, particularly Cartagena, was a seed planted in my head when I was just a kid in the 80s and saw Romancing The Stone for the first time. (Fun Fact: Colombia was too dangerous at the time, so the flick was actually filmed in Mexico) Read more…
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Salento – Beautiful sights, hikes and lots of coffee
(This is a long one, partially because I included some specifics for a couple attractions. So get a bevvy handy.) With Semana Santa upon us, we decided to escape the hustle and bustle of the city for the tiny Salento, with a population somewhere around 5,000 depending upon who you Read more…
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Cali – A Little Late For The Party
Soooooo our departure from Guayaquil was delayed by six hours. In itself not too terrible, I suppose. But it meant a flight that would have had us in Cali before 9pm – able to go through customs, ride into town and check in at a decent hour so we could Read more…
