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Goodbye San Gil, Hello Bogota
One month on the road as of now, but it hasn´t been much road. On the one hand I am a little embarrassed that I have stayed in San Gil so long. It goes against the norm for me, and … Continue reading
Lunch in the market
Sam charges 10,000 pesos (about US$5.25) to do a load of laundry. There are virtually no lavanderias in this town, oddly, so I do it through him. Lots of people just go without. Apparently there´s no shame in wearing the … Continue reading
A box of big ass ants for sale in San Gil, Colombia
These are the hands of a guy selling big ass ants on the street corner. Yes, these ants have wings. He explained why they don´t fly away, but I couldn´t grasp what he was saying. It was hard to concentrate … Continue reading
The Colombian Lunch and Tap Water Theories
This is a typical set lunch in Colombia. To the right is a soup called Mute Santandereano, a kind of kitchen sink soup as it has just about everything in it. Above is yucca (Am I right in that yucca … Continue reading
When I grow up I want to be a big ass ant farmer
I bought a pirated DVD of the movie “Up in the Air” for 3000 pesos ($1.50) on the street, but I dutifully gave the address of Paramount Pictures for the vendor to send a royalty check. Pirated DVDs are a … Continue reading
Big Ass Ants—Delicious!
This is a plate of Hormigas Culonas, or, quite literally, Big Ass Ants. They are a speciality of the Santander region and taste better than they look. Protein! It´s funny to me that they have a season, that they aren´t found … Continue reading
The only hostel in the world with its own army sniper
Sam´s VIP Hostel´s location is so good that when a presidential candidate spoke in the main square, one of the army´s snipers hung out in the balcony. All of us were so busy taking photos with him, he might have … Continue reading
The reason to bring soccer and baseball cards from home
Last year in a flea market, but more literally called a garbage market, in Budapest, Hungary, I bought a bunch of soccer stickers/cards from the 1990 World Cup. I brought all my Colombian ones with me and randomly gave one … Continue reading
San Gil, Colombia
Andrew, Iris and I went took a van north to Arcabuco to catch a bus to San Gil. I lent sunburnt Iris my hat, but she lost it almost immediately. I had been around the world once or twice with … Continue reading
