Tag Archives: budget travel
Bogota Weekend Getaways
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 […]
Between Triumph And Survival On Colombia’s Pacific Coast
Unfortunately in life there isn’t anything as simple as an owner’s manual that teaches qualities like creativity, resilience and determination. These qualities have to be earned in the arena. And, in story of Raul Cuero, these qualities were learned during long nights on an empty stomach while his father built their house with his bare […]
Medellin vs. Bogota
A lot has been said by Bogota’s lack of a metro system. In Colombia it is strange that Colombia’s capital city as well as most populous city (10.7 million) doesn’t have a metro system while Medellin (population 3.8 million) has its own metro system. What Bogota has done to ease its embarrassment of a lack […]
Wake Me Up When I Am Rich 
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