August 09, 2006
Pacho, Colombia
This is for Monique, pictures of Pacho, Colombia. Steve View image View image View image View image View image View...Read this update
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December 15, 2005
Photos: Ipiales, Colombia: Santuario De Las Lajas
The Santuario De Las Lajas was one of the few places so far that have really impressed me. Trust...Read this update
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December 13, 2005
Photos: Pasto, Colombia
Kind of just another Colombian out in the sticks town. A little buse and sterile for my taste. View...Read this update
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Photos: Popayan, Colombia
One of my favorite towns so far. View image View image View image View image View image View image...Read this update
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Day 197 Ipiales, Colombia: Santuario De Las Lajas.
I’m not sure why, but it kind of bothers me when I am told that I can’t do something. In...Read this update
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December 12, 2005
Photos: Cali, Colombia
Not much to offer for Cali. Just didn't vibe too well this trip. Just some random photos of the...Read this update
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Day 196 Ipiales, Colombia: Small city life.
After a healthy nights sleep, I woke up knowing that it was time to move on. I still wanted to...Read this update
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Day 194 Pasto, Colombia: Making up time.
My countdown was quickly approaching, so even though I really liked Popayan, it was time to move. I had a...Read this update
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Day 193 Popayan, Colombia: Kids, Dogs, and Muggers.
One thing that I am a magnet for is kids and dogs. I guess pretty much most animals like me....Read this update
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Day 192 Popayan, Colombia: Home is where the hot water is.
In the Lonely Planet guide book, one of their ecology friendly tips is to avoid places that use wood to...Read this update
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December 08, 2005
Photos: Solento
Solento is a perfect outdoor spot. The city is a small village on top of a little mountain. The...Read this update
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Photos: Armenia
Another uninspiring city like Pereira. View image View image View image View image...Read this update
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Photos: Pereira
Pereira is a decent sized town located in the heart of the Cafe area. There is not much here...Read this update
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Photos: Medellin
Here are some photos of Medellin and the Black Sheep Hostel. For some reason, I didn´t take many photos....Read this update
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Photos: Manizales
Manizales and my trek to the Rio Branco Reserva "No way did I just see a bear!!!!" View image...Read this update
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Day 191 Popayan, Colombia: Finally, home.
That night was it. The mosquitoes won the war. It was just too much. I ended up doing the same...Read this update
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Day 190 Cali, Colombia: Cali sucks.
Sucks might be a little too strong. Things just weren’t clicking and my rush to get here is turning into...Read this update
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December 06, 2005
Day 189 Cali, Colombia: Standard first day.
Not too much exciting to report for today. My writing is back to same day so that is nice. We...Read this update
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Day 188 Cali, Colombia: Going back to Cali (Colombia that is.)
I woke up to the sun blaring through the cracks of my old wooden door. It was still early so...Read this update
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Day 187 Solento, Colombia: Valle de Corcora
I had a restless night of sleep. The thought of having to do a three day hike through the Valle...Read this update
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Day 186 Solento, Colombia: User error.
It was my fault when I mistakenly wrote two blog entries and file named them the same and then...Read this update
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Day 185 Armenia, Colombia: Cable day and cold showers.
Armenia pretty much held zero interest for me. It was a basic town without even a historical center. It did...Read this update
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December 01, 2005
Day 183 Armenia, Colombia: Finally on the move.
My previous stops had been exceedingly long. Shit, I was in Medellin for a month, Santa Marta for the worm...Read this update
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Day 182 Pereira, Colombia: Back to backpacking, sex motels, and cold showers.
Even though the Mountain House in Manizales was comfortable as hell, I am in a bit of a time constraint....Read this update
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Day 181 Manizales, Colombia (Zona Cafetera): The jungle keeps pulling me back.
I had spoken to Christina one of the two ladies who own the Mountain House Hostel where I was staying....Read this update
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Day 174-179 Medellin, Colombia: Filling in the blanks
This is another shotgun entry because things really have not changed. This is more of an update to list a...Read this update
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Day 174 Medellin, Colombia: I love Zacaritas.
Staying in the Poblado did have one big downfall. Since it was a spiffy area of town, the food options...Read this update
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November 20, 2005
Photos: Parapenting (Paragliding)
Photos of my day of parapenting. View image View image View image View image View image View image View image...Read this update
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Photos: Medellin, Colombia
Here's some of my Medellin excursions in no particular order. Cable car ride using the Metro up one of...Read this update
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Day (make that two weeks) 161-173 Medellin, Colombia: The best excuse.
Hmmmmm. Two freaking weeks behind. What can I say. I didn’t get kidnapped by Guerrillas, I didn’t fall into a...Read this update
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November 09, 2005
Day 160 Medellin, Colombia: Let the week end.
The all nighters were catching up to even me. I crashed out and didn't wake until one. I was groggy...Read this update
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Day 159 Medellin, Colombia: El Penol
After another four o'clocker and a semi-early wake up call for me, I found myself in the same doldrums as...Read this update
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Day 158 Medellin, Colombia: Parapenting
Parapenting= Parasailing. Even though we were crashing pretty late, I still couldn't sleep in like these guys. I would still...Read this update
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Day 157 Medellin, Colombia: Bon appetit
At this point I had given up on doing any type of touristy activity. I had fallen into the lazy...Read this update
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Day 156 Medellin,Colombia: Salsa
I won’t bore you with the whole day of watching videos. Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremacy, Motorcycle Diaries, Team America, and...Read this update
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Day 155 Medellin, Colombia: Showing Respect to Mr. Escobar.
The other benefit that this hostel had was a nice 42" Plasma Tv and a stack of bootleg DVDs. We...Read this update
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Day 154 Medellin, Colombia: The city of eternal spring.
After a drug induced 14 hour sleep we arrived in Medellin. I was lucky enough to have gotten the row...Read this update
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November 07, 2005
Day 153 Cartagena, Colombia: Goodbye Cartagena
Although it was like being on a vacation, lets face it, this whole travel has been a vacation compared to...Read this update
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Day 152 Cartagena, Colombia: Touring and picture taking of Cartagena
After catching up on my R&R, the blog, and starting to feel a tad bit guilty about turning into a...Read this update
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Day 151 Cartagena, Colombia: Back to the beach.
My whole plan of attack for the rest of my time in Cartagena was basically to do shit. This was...Read this update
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Day 150 Cartagena, Colombia: Back to civilized tourism
The backpacker area of the historic part of Cartagena is nice, especially in the day, however, at night it becomes...Read this update
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October 28, 2005
Photos: Pacho, Colombia
This is a city that you go to when you dont get off the bus at the right time because...Read this update
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Photos: Villa de Leyva, Colombia
Villa de Leyva is a very historic town that is a vacation spot for the Bogota priviledged. There is some...Read this update
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Photos: Villa de Leyva, Colombia
Villa de Leyva is a very historic town that is a vacation spot for the Bogota priviledged. There is some...Read this update
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Photos: Tunja, Colombia
Some random photos of the the cleanest city that I have ever been to. View image View image View image...Read this update
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Photos: Bogota, Colombia
Photos from my trek to the mountain top Church overlooking the city. View image View image View image View image...Read this update
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Photos: Colombian Amazon
Here is some photos in my Trek into the Colombian jungle. Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu. View image Our deluxe jungle...Read this update
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The three frontiers: Leticia, Colombia
The flags of the three frontiers. View image There wasn{t a lot to do in Leticia and it got worse...Read this update
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October 27, 2005
Day 149 Cartagena, Colombia: Got Mugged, sort of
The bus got me into Cartagena mid-afternoon. The timing was right on schedule. There was just enough time in the...Read this update
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Day 145-148 Tayrona Nacional Parque, Colombia: Back to the jungle
With my head no longer leaking I thought it would be a good idea to go back into the jungle....Read this update
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October 21, 2005
Day 144 Santa Marta, Colombia: Back to the jungle
I think I am caught up on the blog. My body is better so I am off to the jungle....Read this update
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October 20, 2005
Wounds
Here are some photos of the different wounds that I was dealing with these last two weeks. Kind of some...Read this update
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143 Santa Marta, Colombia: Surgery or not?
Well, I got the stories posted. The pictures are next but they take time to upload. I am off to...Read this update
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Day 142 Santa Marta, Colombia: How to catch maggots.
This is going to be a tad bit disgusting, so if you wish, I wouldn’t blame you if you skipped...Read this update
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Day 141 Santa Marta, Colombia: Time to get a job
Just an update. The hole in my head is still leaking. It’s a gaping hole in my head now looking...Read this update
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Day 140 Santa Marta, Colombia: Pest Control
There was only one thing on my agenda for the day. Pest control. In my life nobody eats for free,...Read this update
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Day 139 Santa Marta, Colombia: Got Maggots?
The single grossest/coolest event of my life. So, I am on day three of my recovery. The heel wounds are...Read this update
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Day 137-138 Santa Marta, Colombia: Battle Wound Recovery
I lumped these two days because as the title suggests, it was a couple of days of recovery. As the...Read this update
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Day 131-136 Ciudad Perdida, Colombia: The Lost City
Ciudad Perdida (The Lost City) Ciudad Perdida was an entire city lost in the jungles of Colombia. The Tayrona Indians...Read this update
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Day 130 Santa Marta, Colombia: Trekkers ritual.
To be more specific, the ritual seems to be related specifically to me. I get into town around 6am. Slept...Read this update
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Day 129 Bucaramanga, Colombia: Prettiest woman per capita
Since my day consisted of sitting at the bus station for 11 hours because I don’t plan far enough ahead...Read this update
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Day 127-128 Bucaramanga, Colombia: The content life.
Day 127 Bucaramanga, Colombia: The Fresno of Colombia With a new passport (and a new number that I have to...Read this update
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October 05, 2005
Day 126 Bogota, Colombia: Hoorah, I have my new passport.
I got my passport, finally. Tomorrow, Bucamaranga....Read this update
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Day 125 Bogota, Colombia: A really bad day
A fun day for me, a bad day for my new buddy. My day was spent leisurely wandering the city...Read this update
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October 03, 2005
Day 124 Pacho Cundinamarca, Bogota: Where ????
Since the passport thing was a bust, I figured I would wrap up a couple of tourist things that I...Read this update
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Day 123 Bogota, Colombia: Still stuck.
My options were either spend the day hiking to some remote lake which was about a six hour trip or...Read this update
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Day 122 Villa de Leyva: More walking and electrified.
After the previous days brutality, it was time for a day off. I learned that back in the start of...Read this update
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Day 121 Villa de Leyva: 30 km = 50 miles
The original plan was simple. Rent a mountain bike and take a leisurely cruise through the couple of tourist attraction...Read this update
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September 27, 2005
Day 120 Villa de Leyva
Although Tunga was really a big surprise in how modern and clean it was, all the people had said that...Read this update
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Day 119 Tunga, Colombia: A backpackers average day
I am currently in a town about three hours north east of Bogota. I wanted to explore around a bit...Read this update
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Day 118 Bogota, Colombia New boots torrential downpour
My new boots are cool. The previous night was break in time as well as to try and learn how...Read this update
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September 24, 2005
Day 117 Bogota, Colombia. When things go right.
One of my silent readers suggested that I use a title to categorize the stories and to give them some...Read this update
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Day 116 Bogota, Colombia
The plan for the day was to go shopping. My list was simple but because my Spanish is fair, I’m...Read this update
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Day 115 Bogota, Colombia
We both woke up to guys pounding the concrete sidewalk with hammer and chisel. We were on the second floor,...Read this update
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Day 114 Bogota, Colombia
The day started with mass celebration in a sort of groggy, confused way. I had waken up at my usual...Read this update
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Day 113 Leticia, Colombia
Iquitos airport is closed so they cannot send a flight over because they have to have that airport available for...Read this update
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September 19, 2005
Day 112 Leticia, Colombia
Airport closed. The city is still covered in a haze of smoke so we didn't even go back to the...Read this update
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Day 111 Leticia, Colombia
The airport is closed because of smoke from some surrounding fires. The last time this happened flights were delayed for...Read this update
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September 17, 2005
Day 110 Leticia, Colombia
Today was a free day since my flight out was Sunday. I spent the early morning catching up on blog...Read this update
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Day 109 Leticia, Colombia
In the morning it was just as bad. The freaking Roosters started out at 5:30am which got the parrots and...Read this update
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Day 108 Isla Hammoca (sp), Colombia
After a very restful nights sleep in my 4 star hammock, we grabbed some breakfast of sliced bananas in a...Read this update
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Day 107 Parque Nacional Amacayacu, Colombia
We had a fairly early morning since we had to buy our tickets for the fast boat that would take...Read this update
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