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Take that heat in Cartagena
On Tuesday morning (yesterday), after 14 hours on one bus, 2 hours on another and 45 minutes on the 3rd….. I arrived in Cartagena from San Gil. The heat here is just grueling. If I move at my normal pace, it’s literally impossible to stop sweating. Shower you say? Think again. I AM a walking…
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In a big city
Walking through the rush hour in Bogota two hours ago, I was inspired by the experience to try and somehow capture some of the emotions I felt, put them into words. I write this as I drink another perfectly crafted cup of coffee at Art y Pasion cafe. A black bubble of smoke billows from…
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Photos from Simon Bolivar Park and Biblioteca Virgilio Barco – an incredible library laid out on a massive open space with a very interactive architecture – you walk in, on, under, beneath it.
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A few photos that I took last weekend. Mainly shots in La Candelaria historic area. It’s a neat little area with antique buildings and a birthplace of Bogota. The area is bounded by two streams of water, one of which is no longer found, the other is integrated into the street-scape and looks like a…
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StartupBus community is about to get much larger
Last February my friend Julie brought to my attention this article on TechCrunch about this 48-hour hackathon on a bus, known as StartupBus. Of course I signed up, as the idea passed my personal threshold of “crazy enough to fly across the country”. Within just a couple of weeks from signing up for the StartupBus 2010 I…
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Oh mountains, beautiful mountains… how I want to be with you again.
