Flashpacker Guy

Backpackers with a bigger budget

Latin America

Quito…–>Guayaquil…–>Quito

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My memory from last week is a bit suspect now, but I will try and cover the last week as well as I can. Work was pretty slow this week. The organization is currently having legal troubles so we moved out all of the valuable items for the week until we knew it was safe to bring it all back. It's pretty complicated. That meant that were were pretty much without computer access … [Read more...] about Quito…–>Guayaquil…–>Quito

Bingo, Salsa, and Rum for Charity

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"We are not a religious group, a charitable organization, or a company; we are just a group of neighbors here together to support a good cause" That idea really stuck out as an old Colombian man introduced the event in front of the eager crowd of bingo players' already one glass deep in rum. The background to this story goes that every year there's a neighborhood in Medellin, … [Read more...] about Bingo, Salsa, and Rum for Charity

Welcome To My Home

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I lived in a student residence in Buenos Aires for 4 or so months. Maybe some of the most fun months of my life. This amazing opportunity to share a house with about 20 other people, and a bedroom with 5 others cost me $900 pesos a month (about $250 US). You can decide if thats a good deal. I think its a great deal. But then again, I … [Read more...] about Welcome To My Home

Cali, Colombia

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All of my latest pictures from Cali, some from Popayan, etc. are all corrupted and lost forever. I am pissed off and have little motivation to write about Cali without any pictures to show. But Cali was great. I met a great group of guys and we hung out for a while. Two from England, one from Ireland, and one from the US. We went out to salsa clubs, a water park, great dinners … [Read more...] about Cali, Colombia