At the end of the first month of traveling I had a nightmare: it was the 1st of August instead of the first of July and I was panicking. As always happens, the future is never as we imagine and the 1st of August I was more relaxed then ever. The fact that 2/3 of my… Continua a leggere 2 months on the road
Tag: Colombia
Visiting Mompos or Mompox, charming colonial town
One of my Dutch friend from the Salsa band told me “Mompos is the best place I’ve visited in Colombia!”. When someone says this about a place, I always wonder what happened to him/her in there. So I went to check out Santa Cruz de Mompox myself. Anyway, I found 5 things true about Mompos: nobody… Continua a leggere Visiting Mompos or Mompox, charming colonial town
Visiting Ninos en Contacto project in Barranquilla
“Oh yeah, you’ll be like a star there…” said my friend Tatiana with a grin before I left Amsterdam. And, indeed, that’s what happened when I visited her project in Barranquilla 🙂 After I injured my knee on the Ciudad Perdida trek, I was forced to rest on an hammac reading, writing and drinking for… Continua a leggere Visiting Ninos en Contacto project in Barranquilla
1 month on the road: Panama and Colombia
I had a terrible nightmare last night. In the dream I checked the iPod (my source of date, while my source of time is the camera) and find out that it was the 1st August instead of the 1st of July. I then panicked realizing that all my concept of time was wrong, and 2/3… Continua a leggere 1 month on the road: Panama and Colombia
-6 days: so, what’s the plan?
This is a question everyone asked me. Should be easy to answer considering I’m leaving in 6 days, right? Well, I didn’t plan my trip too much to keep it as much open and free as possible. I really don’t want to go around with the idea of having to leave in X days to… Continua a leggere -6 days: so, what’s the plan?