Chocolate: un término que evoca sensualidad y sabor. Desde el chocolate amargo al chocolate dulce, el tipo de chocolate que prefieres dice mucho sobre el tipo de persona que eres. Los hombres suelen favorecer…
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Colombian Holy Week: A Street Party for Catholics!
My mom’s side of the family is so Catholic that the pope should be proud. As a result I grew up attending plenty of wedding masses and funeral masses whenever someone in the family get’s…
Cascada de los Frailes in Pereira (Friars Waterfall)
A waterfall of beauty and grace, los Frailes (the friars) is a hike in the verdant jungles near Pereira, Colombia that will leave you speechless. One of the best touristic attractions near Pereira, cascada…
Life Transitions: From the Ranch to Exotic Lands
My students giggled, some of them laughed hysterically and made comments in Spanish as I draw a picture on the board of the uterus of a cow. As I describe the arm and shoulder…
An Expat in a Changing World
There is an ancient Chinese curse that says “May your life be interesting…” and in some ways that can be poignantly true. Some other guy even said “ignorance is bliss” while another one was…
The Colombia Travel Guide
Here it is the post you have all been waiting for….the tips and tricks of traveling in Colombia. If 25 years of road trips, airplane flights, hitchhiking and a few international voyages are enough…
My Three Day Hike in San Jose del Palmer in El Choco |Conflict Zone Tourism
When I was a child I loved the adventure movies. Romancing the Stone, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Indiana Jones and The Jewel of the Nile were just a few of the films that…
La Linea, Hippy Burn-Outs and Robbed: Safe Travel in Bogota
Updated September 2025 | Safe Travel in Bogota In 2013, my backpacking adventure through South America brought me to Colombia, a country bursting with vibrant culture, jaw-dropping landscapes, and a few unexpected challenges. From…
Getting Started in my New English Teaching Job
Teaching is an adventure, full of drama, sometimes scary and very rewarding! Teaching English in a foreign country is even more exciting because you must also factor in cultural nuances and language barriers. The…
When the water shuts off…
I have been back in Pereira now after my visa run and I am living with a co worker who offered a room to me while I work and search for an apartment to…
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