southamerica
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A few photos from Minca, Colombia
Long overdue, but quick update. This one will be a visual update, since I need a little more time to put my thoughts together about the 2 weeks I’ve spent in Minca. Nuff said, here are some photos with captions.
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Goodbye Cartagena de Indias
A week ago, on Tuesday I arrived to Cartagena. It shocked me with it’s tropical heat and I lay knocked out on the bed for a few hours trying to adapt. I was close to leaving it the next day, but slowly it’s charm won me over and I was actually beginning to consider staying…
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Dusk (my favorite part of the day) and some pics of catching the lightning. All taken on the Wall in Cartagena, Bolivar, Colombia Dusk is the most beautiful part of the day, when things calm down, people walk more slowly, the air feels cooler and everything becomes more mysterious and beautiful.
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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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¡oh Dios – after 3 days of spanish
Spanish language classes started on Monday @ Nueva Lengua, located in Chapinero ( a fairly nice area). First two days was a blast, I felt really good about my pronounciation and i was understanding 80-100% of what the teacher was lecturing. The idea here at the school (as it should be) is to completely avoid…
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It’s not a destination, it’s a new way of seeing things
This Monday started with a rush to pack my remaining personal items from the apartment, put everything in the storage and in the evening head to SFO. This is what I call a “consolidated version of my material life” After a red-eye flight to Florida, I spent Tuesday hanging out with Felix and Martha-Maria. She…
