10 September 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Safety Nets

There’s an old Hebrew saying that goes something like “How do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans.” I love this saying, because it points out how little control we often have over how our lives play out. When traveling we are ceding even more control of our loves to the random, chaotic, and [...]

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11 December 2010 ~ 16 Comments

My Daily Life in Medellin, Colombia

My Daily Life in Medellin, Colombia

I am temporarily living in Medellin, Colombia. In this post I am going to give you a breakdown of what it’s like, from basic costs to what I do all day. If you find this kind of information interesting I also wrote about my daily life in Tel Aviv, Israel. And more recently about living [...]

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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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10 September 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Bus Travel: A Series of Highs and Lows

Driving through the Andes is a series of highs, lows, and nothing in between. Take this ride through Colombia’s coffee growing region as an example. The scenery is lush with bright green mountains and coffee plants growing like weeds. But the bus slows down to a halt and you realize you are no longer moving. [...]

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