Archive for the ‘South America 08-09’ Category
SA 34: The search for the Macbook Pro powercord begins…
Today I awoke after sleeping in a long time… I was tired and it was nice to have a REAL BED! After taking my sweet-ass time to get up, I went to turn-on my laptop to check e-mails and make sure everything was good with work and what not when my laptop decided to stop working. I called in to Apple support and paid $50 to hear them tell me
SA 33: Ciudad Perdida Day 5 – Leaving the Colombian jungle
Today Jaime, Gabriel, and I awoke at 6am to get ready for our Cocaine Factory tour. We waited around for quite a while because the boy to pick us up was late… that’s just how it is in Colombia. “Colombia Time” I started to leave in my flip flops not wanting to get my shoes wet, but Jesus stopped me and told me that I should wear boots. He gave
SA 31: Ciudad Perdida Day 3 – The eternal rain continues…
We had talked to the guides about leaving extra early because we didn’t want to be caught in the rain again like yesterday. We decided on a 6:30 leave, but we didn’t actually leave until 7:30. They said that we needed to leave a little later for the river to go down… which I’m not sure if it was a legit excuse or just trying to buy more time for
SA 30: Ciudad Perdida Day 2 – Miserable, wet, and going into meltdown mode
Today I awoke around 6 am and lounged about and packed my bags in preparation for our so-called 8am departure time. Breakfast was finally served around 9am and we finally left camp around 10am. I was agitated because I wanted to leave early before the afternoon rains. There was a toucan hanging out near camp. I took some photos of it in the tree and then it swept down towards
SA 29: Ciudad Perdida Day 1 – The beginning of eternal rain
This morning I woke up at 6:00 am to get my things ready for the Ciudad Perdida trek. I packed up my large camera, clothes, toiletries, and a few other odd things I would need in my large backpack to take with me and put everything else in a large garbage back to put into storage at the hostel. I then waited outside the hostel with the two Irish boys
SA 28: Finding a tour for Ciudad Perdida – The Lost City
Today I awoke with a request from a client for some work so I spent the first part of the morning getting that done. Afterwards, I worked on my blog a bit. Taganga is a small fishing village just outside of Santa Marta and is full of tourists. It’s very quaint, safe, and quiet… with not much to do, but lounge around or head to Santa Marta for the really
