Tag: Travel
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The Last Flight Out
I was in Bogota Columbia and had just ordered my lunch at the Albahaca Restaurante, it was 1 PM Thursday, March 19th. While I was waiting for my food I took out my cell and opened the NY Times app which headlined the US government advised that all US Citizens should return home immediately or…
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Colombia
Heading back to Bogota on Tuesday morning, it’s a 8 to 10-hour bus trip through the mountains and the suburbs of the city. There is more to do in Bogota than in the campo especially if I am not fishing. I also want more Spanish tutoring, even though it’s expensive it does help my confidence…
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Bus Trips
Eleven hours to go less than 300 miles, but there were spectacular mountain peaks with vertical sides surrounded by clouds, twisting two-lane roads, bottomless gorges, endless cliffs 2 feet away from the bus that dropped down forever, but it was a modern road. Day off today. Have I written about the marches, protests, and in…
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Bogota, Colombia
I have been in Bogotá now for nearly four weeks. I would have left five days ago, but the national strike and a severe cold persuaded me to put it off for a few more days. I leave tomorrow for Cali. I changed AirBnB a few days ago, and my new hosts, Claudia and Jairo,…
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Travel Insurance
The travel insurance company I have been using is TripInsurance.com. When I have submitted claims, they paid promptly. TI has different levels of coverage at several price points. The site is easy to access, read, and understand. You decide what you need and purchase it when you buy your flight ticket. For example, last September…
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New Friends
Such a lovely day on the La Dificultad Road And I made new friends Hello I am friendly will you rub me? This is my baby brother
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When To Go to Patagonia
The height of the tourist season is January and February, it is South America’s summer vacation, and it seems every young adventurer is on the road in Patagonia. A good book is Bruce Chatwin’s In Patagonia. Never forget that during summer in Patagonia, the weather is highly changeable. It can be a lovely day, then…
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Planning
I have nothing to do but plan another trip to Chile and The Patagonia. I’ll be damned if I spend a freezing winter upstate in the Catskills trying to keep busy and wishing I were somewhere else. This year I will expand upon the trip I made last winter, 2016-17, when I visited Chile for the…
A River To Fish 