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 41
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 […]
Day 38
12 Feb 2018 (Cartagena, Colombia): I have a lovely conversation with this gentleman which includes me jokingly wearing some of his hats and him agreeing to let me take a photo.
Day 37
11 Feb 2018 (Buenos Aires, Argentina): Through a fluke of booking this flight with miles, we wind up in business class. It is the most personal space I’ve ever had on a flight, and it takes us all the way to Bogota (6 hours)! This is a bit of a long day. By the time […]
Day 36
10 Feb 2018 (Buenos Aires, Argentina): Leah was sick all day. I ran errands and did lots of laundry while she watched the olympics and did the unfortunate things that sick people do. Really, she picked a great day to be sick: nothing terribly interesting planned, no must-do difficult travel, and plenty of olympics to […]