23 February 2011 ~ 0 Comments

South America Can Be A Family Holiday Destination

South America Can Be A Family Holiday Destination

Family holidays are not what most northern hemisphere dwellers think about when they contemplate South America. There are still too many people in North America and elsewhere that have simply never been outside of the country. Millions of children enter adulthood without flying anywhere more foreign than Disney World. In the era of cheap airfare [...]

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15 December 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Fighting with Caymans: The Bolivian Jungle

Fighting with Caymans: The Bolivian Jungle

Hundreds of alligators and caymens, pink river dolphins, turtles, monkeys, an anaconda, owls, toucans, capybara (largest rodent in the world), piranha, Stork, rufescent tiger heron, king vulture, hoatzin, blue and yellow macaw, parrot, Amazon kingfisher, greater ani, toro toucan, red crested cardinal, woodpecker – I saw all of the wildlife and more on my journey [...]

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24 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Colombia’s a go, go!

Colombia’s a go, go!

I leave in 7 days, more or less. I never officially announced here that I was accepted into the Universidad de Belgrano’s Semester in English program in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Despite my worries, my application arrived in just a few days and I was accepted just a few days later. Since that time, I gathered [...]

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09 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

South America By Numbers

South America By Numbers

…days there: 89 …countries I visited: 3 …cities I spent at least one night in: 14 …days my stomach wanted to jump out of my body: 2 …times I used a laundry place: around 9 …bridges I jumped off: 1 …nights I drank alcohol: 65 …posts I wrote for this blog: 70 …nights spent camping: [...]

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02 November 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Where In The World (err..South America)?

Studying in Buenos Aires will serve as a great hub for travel to regions of South America I have yet to visit. I will of course return to Colombia for a few months, for the 3rd year in a row before studying in Buenos Aires. But once in Buenos Aires, I can see myself visiting [...]

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10 May 2008 ~ 1 Comment

Gambling with Guinea Pigs…A Great Start To My Trip!

Gambling with Guinea Pigs…A Great Start To My Trip!

A favorite thing about traveling is that the days go by fast but at the end of each day, it feels like that one day was actually five days. I hope that makes sense. So when i return back home in a few months it will feel like i was gone for 5 months, which [...]

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