Monthly Archives: September 2015


I like Snoopy and baby volcanoes

I didn’t have that much on my list of things to do in Colombia besides the usual short vacation things like hike, swim, speak Spanish with locals, read, eat lots of spicy food, buy coffee, buy hot sauce, and jump into a volcano. Trust me, that’s not even close to […]


Alexihendie

No, it’s not the name of some Wayuu warrior prince. Or a jungle city in Colombia. I am still laughing over a conversation I had with my mom. I was so happy and excited to bring her back something she actually wanted (Colombian coffee, yay!), that I sent her an […]


Donatello’s revenge…the prequel

I had to catch my flight and didn’t finish captioning, uploading, storytelling.  I don’t like blogging on an iPad, it’s too slow.  And I can’t upload any of my SLR images, which are soooo much better than ones I take with my phone. Anyway, poor Bobo.  Any time he would […]


Donatello’s revenge

So that was the shortest food obsession ever. No mas arepas for me.  I guess that’s what I get for thinking I have an iron clad stomach, resistant even to teenage mutant ninja parasites. I was in the tiniest town a few days ago and saw this sign and just couldn’t […]


No wonder I didn’t get lost

The centro historico of Cartagena is like 4 blocks! Here I am all proud of myself that I know which way to go, which I don’t, and that I understand directions, which I can’t, and when I finally get my hands on a map it looks like this: Anyway, did […]