I came to the conclusion while on my recent trip to Peru and Colombia that I am very lucky. Not only because I get the chance to travel so often but because I am, in many ways built for traveling. How, you might ask? Here are five things I don’t have to worry about while …
A Week in Peru
There is no way to know a country in only one week, but I have enjoyed what I have learned and done in Peru so far. I quickly left the smoggy metropolis of Lime (population almost 10 million) and headed north to the mountain city of Huaraz. Huaraz is a bustling city all its own, …
Traveling and Writing
Why do I enjoy travel writing so much? In short, because it involves two of my favorite things in the world: traveling and writing. (You're welcome for that deep insight for the day.) This last year I have been doing a lot of writing and less traveling. Late nights typing away, afternoons editing, mornings brainstorming …
Things NOT to Do While in Colombia (Getting Kidnapped and Other Hints)
The list of things to do and places to visit in Colombia is a long one: drink coffee and fresh juices, eat arepas and arroz con coco, and see sandy beaches, snow-capped mountains, old churches, historic city streets, deserts, rainforests...enought to keep even the most-seasoned traveler busy for weeks or months. But there are certainly …
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Why We Travel (or, Why All My Savings Go to Plane Tickets, Train Tickets, Bus Tickets, and Cups of Coffee in Towns I Can’t Pronounce)
Why did I go to Colombia? Good question, one I certainly got in many forms both before I left (usually accompanied by a frightened stare that I would head to those dangerous jungles) and when I returned (usually accompanied by shocked expressions that I somehow escaped drug runners). Of course, there was a variety of …
Tourists and Tourism
Floppy straw hats, beach gear, and sunburns waiting to happen. Must mean vacation time for warmth-seeking tourists. And even if you are wrapped in scarves, nursing tall cups of overpriced coffee, and longing for a little beach time of your own, I would like to wish you a happy World Tourism Day! Which perhaps doesn’t …
Exploring Colombia: GetsemanÃ, Cartagena
Colombia has much to offer visitors. Today, our destination is the historic neighborhood of GetsemanÃ, in the Caribbean colonial city of Cartagena de las Indias. Cartagena has become a popular tourist destination, but most tourists stay within the ritzy beach-front properties of Bocagrande or limit their wanderings to the winding streets of the small but …
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