Archive for November, 2009
Bogota!
Greetings from the capital!
For the last two days, Selby and I have been wandering around Bogota, the sprawling, altitudinous capital. It is 2630 meters (8629 ft) above sea level; to give you a comparison, the tallest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains is 6643 ft. Although it does not have a fancy elevated metro system [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2009 under Colombia 2009.
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Salento!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I have just emerged from the cloud forest, and I am sorry for not writing earier! For the last two days, Selby and I were hiking near Salento, a town near Pereira, in the central of the Andean mountain ranges of Colombia. A jeep took us the 9km outside of Salento the Valle de [...]
Posted: November 27th, 2009 under Colombia 2009.
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Apia!
We have spent the last two days in Apia, the family home to my cousin Gloria. Lucy, Gloria´s sister, has taken us in and along with Carlos and Marta, her cousins, Chava, her aunt, Diana, Carlos´s girlfriend, we have become well acquainted with Apia and the main aspects of village-based Colombian life.
During the weekend, the [...]
Posted: November 22nd, 2009 under Colombia 2009.
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Initial Colombian thoughts and Comparisons
The Journey So Far
Most of the time since my initial post has been spent traveling. Selby and I left her apartment at 3:45am on Thursday to catch the metro to the airport for our 6:00 flight, arrived at the Medellin International Airport around 3:00pm, and reached a guesthouse (hospedeja) around 6:00pm, after spending an hour getting [...]
Posted: November 20th, 2009 under Colombia 2009.
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Fall of 2009 Adventure: Colombia
That is correct! Selby and I are headed to Colombia!
We leave on November 19 and will return on December 8 – nearly three weeks in a new country and on a new continent.
We expect our general route to be an interior loop, starting in Medellin, heading South to visit Cousin Gloria’s family in Apia, over [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2009 under Colombia 2009.
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