Haves and Haven’ts
Six months just fly by, ¿no? Have dones: Swam in the Caribbean Drank beers on the beach about 500 yards from the Secret Service scandal Learned the names and personalities […]
Tag Archives: Colombia
Guatape
Guatapé’s most defining feature (aside from the lake) is its zócalos. Zócalos are decorative, three-dimensional designs trimming the bottom halves of most of the houses and businesses in town. I […]
Chapter 6: The Wolfpack on a Boat
We spent two glorious days in the tiny town of Guatapé where we encountered much friendlier people and cleaner bodies of water than Medellín (Río Medellin=WOOF.) Guatapé is a massive, […]
Chapter 5: The Wolfpack Gets Insulted by Paisas
Medellín is the second-largest city in Colombia, former drug cartel hub and home to the late Pablo Escobar (formerly the second most-dangerous city in the world), and a popular location […]
Time Out
Sh** Colombians Say, Part 4
Cascar means to peel or skin something. Bogotanos and Tabiunos use it to talk about beating something/one up, or something that’s worn out. As in, “Quería cascarlo!” (I wanted to […]
Going Back.
My upcoming vacation is going to mark a full sort of circle for me: the returns. I’ve had the utmost luck and fortune the past five years in that I’ve […]
Villa de Leyva
A few weeks ago I went to Villa de Leyva and some surrounding towns with my host family and two friends, then headed back for a long weekend of hiking, […]
a Journey in and of Itself
it’s scary, going places. not because we leave behind everything we know and have known, but because we run a huge risk: that of knowing, loving and absorbing a new […]
Not that I’m counting…
Eight 90-minute classes to a weekend in Boyaca. Twelve more until Ecuador and Medellin. The lack of seasons in Bogotá/Tabio has me bugging out about the passing of time. Having […]
