But For the Sky

Category: Colombia

  • South America: Our Favorites

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    We really loved our three and a half months in South America, from the tropical shores of the Caribbean in Colombia, to snorkeling with sea lions in the Galapagos Islands to hiking among 6000+ meter peaks in Peru. It’s an immensely varied continent, and we barely even scratched the surface. We found nothing but warm and…

  • Videos: Bogota, Salento, Galapagos

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    While we put the finishing touches on our next and last Galapagos post (and a few other goodies we’re working on for you), here are some videos we’ve taken on the trip. Uploading videos takes a long time and a lot of patience with the hostel and cyber cafe Internet connections we’ve been forced to…

  • Yum: Colombian Chocolate y Queso

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    Claudia
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      In Colombia, you are never too young or too old to drink hot chocolate: it is a staple drink at breakfast or for a snack. The chocolate is incredibly tasty, even though it is made with water instead of milk. It’s served with a slice of their standard cheese, which is slightly salty (like…

  • Bogota and Salento

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    Nick
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    Well, after the scary way things got started in Bogota, the rest of our time there went smoothly. Unfortunately the attempted mugging left us a little nervous: needlessly judgmental about many of the people we saw and met, hesitant to leave our hostel at night, and overall unable to enjoy the city as fully as…

  • It Was Probably Bound to Happen at Some Point

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    Claudia
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    Upon arriving in Bogota after a quick flight from Santa Marta, we were thrilled to feel cold air and were excited to be in a big city. With help from two very friendly Colombians, we figured out which colectivo to take into the center of town, got our bearings, and attempted to walk down the…

  • Caribbean Coast: Cartagena and Tayrona National Park

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    Claudia
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    When we last left you, we had just arrived in Cartagena, a small and quaint–if a bit sleepy–colonial town. Or maybe it just seemed sleepy because we were tired the whole time, and a large portion of our three days there were spent sleeping and kicking the end of the fevers that afflicted us in…

  • Wheels Down Cartagena

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    Wow. The last 48 hours have been a struggle. We spent most of them running around DC, taking care of the things that need taking care of when you’re leaving home for a year, and trying to put our lives in storage. Last night we asked some friends to come to a send-off happy hour,…