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this could be the heart of colombia

medellin is a town of 2.5 million people, resting in an enormous, lush valley, in pretty much the center of colombia. as one approaches medellin by bus, one cuts through these giant green mountains, downward to an open valley below. once the town of medellin is in ones sight, it loos like a...

permalink written by  kipmaddog on August 2, 2009 from Medellin, Colombia
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The city made in defense of ´pirates

Cartegana is a highly diversified architectural town, tucked right along the Carribean coast. During the time of Spanish colonial rule, the city was used as storage grounds for large amounts of gold that the Spanish Conquistadors found in the area. Over a couple of years Cartagena became known...

permalink written by  kipmaddog on August 1, 2009 from Cartagena, Colombia
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Just landed in Bogota

First feeling: I'm a backpacker; meaning small budget, hostel, and student card. Strange feeling when you've used to easy life (earned through hard work). So here I am in Alegria's hostel; sharing the kitchen with quite cool renegades. What the hell I'm doing here. I have a drink with 3 young...

permalink written by  lionel_sinai on August 1, 2009 from Bogota, Colombia
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Culture is progress

I have been taken by a waterfall of exhilarating tastes: tradding coins for empanadas and arrepas in the streets....tasting homemade, salty Colombian soup followed by meat and more meat....juicy papaya in the hot afternoon sun.."fast-food", Colombian-style: a mess of people in red plastic...

permalink written by  kipmaddog on July 25, 2009 from Santa Marta, Colombia
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I met Mr. Does Equis, "The most interesting Man in the World"

I stumbled across the Dos Equis man, or better known as the most interesting man in the world. Sitting back, calm and relaxed with narrow intelligent eyes, salt n´ pepper hair, and smooth porclain-like skin, with a simple ordinary name of Brian. With only the bottom of his shirt buttomed and his...

permalink written by  kipmaddog on July 24, 2009 from Taganga, Colombia
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Pirates of the Carribean 4

For my own peace of mind and others readin.....I got the right cable for the camera, pictures will be up in the next day or so. Woke up to fresh slices of papaya I knabbed off a street vednor for 40 cents, a cup of steamming Colombian coffee (negra of course), and a piece of bread that more or...

permalink written by  kipmaddog on July 23, 2009 from Santa Marta, Colombia
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rollercoaster bus ride, farm life, despues paradise in 79 degreee water

After Ivan drops me off at the bus station, i go walking confidently, chin up, chest out, eyes on the horizon, into the Bogota bus terminal. You see, one must always act like you do this on a daily basis. If not, herds of youngsters hound you selling decorative bracelets, packs of middle-aged...

permalink written by  kipmaddog on July 21, 2009 from San Gil, Colombia
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tiajuana is disneyland compared to this sector of town........

Jimi Hendrix blues, "Born Under a Bad Sighn" cranking into my ears........i pound the keys.. I stop by an internet cafe and hit up some fellow couchsurfers for a possible place to crash in San Gil, my next stop. From what I´ve heard, San Gil is a bitchin little town of a couple thousand people,...

permalink written by  kipmaddog on July 18, 2009 from Bogota, Colombia
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the thug life, bogota style

Walking through the streets of el centro in Bogota, I feel as though a muffler of a car is shoved down my throat and the driver happens to be flooring the damn engine.I stop at a street side vendor and tell him puedo tener un arrepa de pollo biiaaaatch! He says queso solamente. Gosh, I need some...

permalink written by  kipmaddog on July 17, 2009 from Bogota, Colombia
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weeww and i never though b.o. go this bad......

I wake up in a bed that is made for a smerf and a blanket that is made for a small hairy dog. I am in Particia´s casa. Patricia, or Pato, which ever you prefer lives in the northern district of Bogota. She is a fellow couchsurfing whose house I am staying at presently. She lives by herself in a...

permalink written by  kipmaddog on July 16, 2009 from Bogota, Colombia
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