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Colombia

Sometimes I Frighten Colombian Children

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The title says it all. Once in a while I find great joy in scaring children. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVjApZB9hw[/youtube] In the video you will see myself and a few friends controlling a fake snake from a string as people walk next to it on the sidewalk. We found a great location on the balcony above my friend's restaurant in the plaza. It was a highly … [Read more...] about Sometimes I Frighten Colombian Children

Nestor the Bogota Taxi Driver

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I really did not mean for that to rhyme. Back in August while in Bogota I met up with my friend Carlos to see a movie at the mall. On the way back I took the first taxi I saw, which is when I met Nestor. Of the hundreds of taxi's I have ridden throughout South America, whether in Brazil or Colombia, Nestor was my favorite. He wasn't nuts like the driver who drove me to the … [Read more...] about Nestor the Bogota Taxi Driver

Hammocks on the Beach

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In June of 2008 my Dad traveled to Cartagena, Colombia to spend a week with me. We took a boat to a tropical beach with clear blue water, crystal white sand, and swaying palm trees. But the sun's rays felt like a torturous death and the nagging vendors even worse. One clam salesman even offered to trade his worn out khaki shorts with a big hole in the crotch for my bathing … [Read more...] about Hammocks on the Beach