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Contains 50 items, last updated on 02/14/06 and viewed 202 times since 02/07/06.
The colonial city of Old San Juan, where we ate guava butter, pastries, fried plantains, and the Puerto Rican piraguas (shaved flavored ice); visited El Morro castle and the fortress once surrounding this beautiful, colorful city, and wound around cobblestone streets and chatted with friendly neighbors....
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Contains 109 items, last updated on 02/07/06 and viewed 255 times since 02/07/06.
Unexpected yet perfect weekend trip to Puerto Rico--here Chris and I stayed in Fajardo, small port city on the eastern coast--swimming in the bluest waters, exploring the lush Yunque rainforests, night sea kayaking through the unbelievable Bioluminescent Bays, diving with the glowing stars under the moon, drinking the original Latin pina coladas, running through streets full of wild chickens and watching kids cock fight their turkeys... what more could you ask for?
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Contains 31 items, last updated on 12/14/05 and viewed 176 times since 12/14/05.
Museo de Oro in downtown Bogota--the most incredible and fascinating gold museum in the world. Highlights the origins of the Spanish myth of El Dorado and the ancient gold cultures of Colombia
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Contains 182 items, last updated on 12/14/05 and viewed 454 times since 12/12/05.
Staying with Johanna and Neil in Bogota, the bustling capital of Colombia....up the cable cars to religious pilgrimage site of Cerro de Monserrate, down through the cobblestone streets of La Candelaria, exploring the ancient Gold Museum, and saying mis despedidas to dear Colombia
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Contains 82 items, last updated on 12/11/05 and viewed 303 times since 12/11/05.
Day trip to Santa Marta, the oldest and most tranquil city in Colombia, with boat trips to Taganga beach (an old bohemian-style fishing village)--meeting a man with magic stones, an incredibly religious Indian clarivoyant, an Israeli woman gone mad, and other interesting characters along the way
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Contains 67 items, last updated on 12/11/05 and viewed 290 times since 11/21/05.
The modernized city of Barranquilla--how different from colonial Cartagena! Visiting fellow trainees, taking a Caribbean cooking class, strolling around the city....
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Contains 172 items, last updated on 11/15/05 and viewed 294 times since 11/15/05.
Leen comes for a visit from Barranquilla for the annual Senorita Colombia beauty pageant, held in Cartagena....full of parades, festivities, revelry, and, of course, music!
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Contains 100 items, last updated on 11/14/05 and viewed 275 times since 11/08/05.
A real Colombian adventure: trekking through the mud, bartering pesos for rides in the back of truck crates, passing through teeny tiny pueblos....all to get to the beach.
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Contains 46 items, last updated on 12/12/05 and viewed 184 times since 11/02/05.
photos from my volunteer work at La Fundacion Esperanza (Hope Foundation), motivating young boys who've had a tough life
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Contains 158 items, last updated on 11/02/05 and viewed 229 times since 10/31/05.
Visit to the vibrant city of Medellin and old friends Adri and Santi from Malta!
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