18 Feb 2018 (Medellin, Colombia): Since we’re pretending to be “real” people in Medellin for the next few weeks, we go grocery shopping. And this store has surprisingly comfortable chairs (and a coffee station blocked by Blue Shirt and Sorta Impatient) from which you may casually watch the butcher prepare your meat. Groceries and a […]
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Day 43
17 Feb 2018 (Palomino, Colombia): The food at the place we stayed was really surprisingly great. I wish I could have eaten a lot more of it and would definitely recommend. Anyway, I’m a lot better but still a far cry from 100%. I have a 90-minute car ride, two short flights, and another 60-minute […]
Day 42
16 Feb 2018 (Palomino, Colombia): I woke up yesterday morning (the 15th) with the distinct impression that I should not have eaten so much lobster the previous evening (the 14th). And then, before allowing that situation to fully resolve itself, I took lots of dramomine for spending the entire day on the road. Last night […]
Day 41
15 Feb 2018 (on the road between Cartagena and Palomino, Colombia): On a long bus ride (~8 hours) to a much nicer beach, there is a rooster suspended down below with the luggage. We ask, and he’s traveling for a fight. Every time the bus starts moving from an extended stop, we hear a loud, […]
Day 40
14 Feb 2018 (Cartagena, Colombia): We’re in the middle of a street-food tour, and our guide (her hat is covered in tropical fruits) helps the arepa vendor make a sale. This cab driver is stopped in the middle of a narrow street causing traffic to back up as far as I can see, and he […]
Day 39
13 Feb 2018 (Cartagena, Colombia): We took a day-trip boatride thing out to Islas del Rosario for a beach day. The boat ride was vigorous and wet, the beach was beautiful and hot, and the fried fish was crunchy and succulent. Back in town for the evening, here is the love of my life, her […]