My Colombian girlfriend and I’s first trip as a mixed couple with Kary’s daughter was to Villa de Leyva to watch the Kite Festival. The reason the Kite Festival is held in Villa de Leyva each year is because it has the largest open square in South America. The square is quite an enjoyable cobblestone […]
The advantages of working in Colombia as a foreign extra on movies are numerous: #1) It is a job that is easily done (and probably preferably done) while drunk, #2) The foreign extra needs nothing in the way of work visas, a Colombian bank account or health insurance to work in Colombia, #3) Speaking Spanish […]
There aren’t many places in the world where you can take a 1 hour 45 minute bus ride (from Portal de Sur in Bogota) and descend 2300 meters (7545 feet) in elevation while climbing 13 degrees Celsius (55 degrees Fahrenheit) in average March temperatures. The arrival to Melgar is a feast for the senses. Within […]
Not content on merely having one of its members as a presidential candidate in the 2012 United States Presidential elections (Mitt Romney), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is still focusing on building a more hopeful and stable future. From their main outpost in Salt Lake City, USA, the LDS Church […]
If Hurricane Katrina never happened, maybe Cirque de Soleil would never have come to Colombia. In 2005 Cirque de Soleil had a three-date commitment. They would do two shows in Mexico City and then one show in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. After completing the two shows in Mexico City Cirque was preparing to go to Biloxi, […]
The best part about being in Bogotá during early January is the fact that half the city goes back to wherever they are from. So, we were easily able to travel all over the city and go pretty much go wherever we wanted. The last night in Bogotá was a fitting end to what had […]
Christian Velez is in fact a Christian, but he’s no bible thumper, he’s handsome but no pretty boy, fidgety but still a multi-tasker, an artist as well as a conversationalist. During our first conversation he simultaneously draws a profile picture of this author while he explains the false charity of giving a man a fish […]
When people ask me how I got a job as an extra in a TV show about Pablo Escobar, I tell them it was through a German contact I had. It wasn’t just any German, it was through the most famous German in Colombia, Mr. Rudiger Kunze or “Rudi” as he was known by his […]
Wanting to enjoy my mother’s first visit to Colombia to the fullest, my girlfriend Kary and I sent her a list of items we wanted to bring to Colombia for us. The list included but was not limited to: 1) Size 13 Nike Dual Shock tennis shoes 2) Kindle Fire Tablet 3) My 2004 Compaq […]
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