May 2009
4 posts
Carnival! Feb 21st 2009
Barranquilla! We spend 17 hours on a bus(more about my companions in a bit) and arrive sometime in the afternoon, at lunchtime. The first thing that strikes me is that the weather is so hot here, and the general atmosphere is so so hot and dusty. Barranquilla is not a pretty place, by any stretch of the imagination, and it is evident everywhere. As the hometown of Shakira, perhaps one would wonder...
Things I love about Bogotà....
1- The street art. Grafitti is welcome in most places, and as a result there is some amazing work on display, everywhere you look.
2- The Sunday Cyclovia. The 7th Carrera(more on that later) is closed completely on Sunday mornings so people can take to the streets on their own wheels.
3- The Sunday flea markets. I have bought some seriously cool objects here, you gotta look about but that is all...
Cranky Croc...Part 1
ok, this is the place where I will make my home(not intentionally) for the next 3 months… I was so excited when I finally managed to get bed-space, the beds are so comfy, and it`s the little things like reading lights on all the beds that make the difference…
Chris and Collette arrive from Salento, and we have an absolute monster of a weekend, they are a wicked couple and they tell me...
Bogotà Part 1.... January 2009
Me and Ray get a night bus from Armenia to Bogotà, I felt sad when we left actually cos there had literally just arrived a bunch of really cool people, and you know how it is when you can sense there will be a really good time and you just don`t want to leave it?? But, Bogotà beckons and I really want to spend the weekend there.
We get the overnight bus from the terminal in Armenia, complete with...