04 May 2010 ~ 5 Comments

American Travelers

American Travelers

Travelers from certain countries usually carry some stereotypes. Some deserved and others not. For instance, any backpacker will say Israeli travelers are notorious for being arrogant, cheap, and traveling in packs. Of course there are many possible reasons for this such as English being a non-native language or most of them just finished military service. [...]

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24 March 2010 ~ 8 Comments

Day – 1 Bogota Routine

Day – 1 Bogota Routine

Now safely in Colombia for the 5th time since 2007 immediately did the first thing most exciting to me at that moment. I slept. As I woke up later still in time to catch some daylight I continued my day-1 Bogota routine. This routine consists of first walking to Crepes y Waffles which while just [...]

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22 March 2010 ~ 3 Comments

Changing Countries

Changing Countries

After a busy weekend of going out the pace slowed down. Mark and I met Carolina and her friend at a movie theater. I couldn’t make out the name of the film we were going to see when Carolina told me on the phone. Itrusted whatever it was would be cool. I have never been [...]

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29 January 2010 ~ 6 Comments

Notes From Bogota

Notes From Bogota

Back in Bogota last August I did the usual. I  ate well, drank at cafe’s and partied non-stop. I flew from Buenos Aires to Bogota and stayed at my favorite hostel, Hostel Sue #2, which has turned into a tradition as history shows I can be expected to stay with them in Bogota at least [...]

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24 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Nestor the Bogota Taxi Driver

Nestor the Bogota Taxi Driver

I really did not mean for that to rhyme. Back in August while in Bogota I met up with my friend Carlos to see a movie at the mall. On the way back I took the first taxi I saw, which is when I met Nestor. Of the hundreds of taxi’s I have ridden throughout [...]

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30 December 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Street Performers in Bogota, Colombia

Street Performers in Bogota, Colombia

Every Friday evening Bogota’s main street shuts down replacing busy traffic with an equally busy market and street performers. It is my favorite time to wander the city as you will see in this video I created.

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