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Bienvenido a Bogota (0)

December 10, 2011 • Category: The Latest Adventure

To be honest we hadn’t really expected much from Bogota. We’d booked Alegria’s hostel mainly for its price point thinking we’d stay a night, two at the most. We couldn’t have been more wrong. We arrived to the tiny international airport within an hour of each other and were in a cab by 11:30pm. 25 [...]

Bienvenido a Bogota

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Haiku Kisses (0)

A friend has the following quote in the write something box on her Facebook page, “It was in love I was created and in love is how I hope I die.” It’s one of those quotes that I wish were mine. I felt a pang of jealously when I first read it, like I wanted [...]

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Out of Africa (8)

Out of Africa

Cold shower. No shower. Warm beer. No beer. No food. No electricity. Toilet is a hole in the ground. Tent side swiped by wild bush pig. Feet caked in mud. Robbed by a monkey. Lions almost attacked us. Pickpocketed. Cooking water drunk by an elephant. Stale butter and carrot sandwiches for 5 days straight. Felt up by a toothless driver on the daladala bus. Wiping snot from a child’s nose with bare hands and no soap. Gunfire in front of our room. Sleeping on the bathroom floor. 2 stolen cameras, 2 stolen shoes, 1 dead donkey, 2 dead puppies, children throwing up all over each other…Best time of our lives.

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Ghetto Fabulous: Harlem, New York (0)

Looking for a place in New York that’s a bit off the beaten path, where drinks don’t cost $20, there’s no cover charge and no reason to get dressed up? A recent missadventure took us to Harlem, America’s infamous personification of urban decay.  When a friend heard we were going, he sent the following text message, [...]

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Sometimes you just need to get away with the girls (0)

Couldn’t have written the last line better…Sex and the City 2. Most probably an over the top, leave a slightly bad taste in your mouth, perhaps they should have ended on a high note, second film, I’m still going to watch it…

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Travel Towel (0)

Travel Towel

This handy little item (aka “my special towel”) is like a little shammy for the body.  It’s all you need for a camping trip and if you are in a super ghetto hotel with no towels (and we have been caught in a few) you will be thankful you brought this little guy along. It [...]

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10 Very Handy & Most Overlooked Travel Items (0)

10 Very Handy & Most Overlooked Travel Items

We’ve all been there, suitcase spilling over with items we think we’ll need while traveling – clothing, accessories, shoes…and while the old adage of less is more could not be more fitting when it comes to what to bring on vacation, there are a few items that you shouldn’t leave home without. Below, 10 very [...]