Hello All!!! Bogota, Colombia, home to more than 8 million people and lots and lots aof amazing sites :) People have been treating us just wonderfully here in Colombia and you can really see the quality of the people when even in the biggest city, the people have been nothing but warm, interested and so so friendly! We arrived in Bogota at 10am on Sunday morning after our 17 hours bus ride which was suprisingly painless! We slept and chatted a bit and were there! The bus was really cool, semi-cama which means almost a bed seats haha and we were [View Full Entry]

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Buenos Dias!!!! Here is the first official blog from OUT of the U.S.! We have now been in Colombia for exactly one week!! And we are loving it :) We landed in Cartagena on the Carribean coast on Nov 13...Keren{s birthday!! We were so lucky to have been delayed because we came smack in the middle of the independence day celebrations including fire crackers, 1000 parades, throwing flour on each other, and of course the Miss Colombia beauty pageant! (which apparently is taken very seriously here!) Cartagena is an absolutly stunning city that was built in colonial times and is completly [View Full Entry]

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Hello Again! I woke up early this morning so I am on a role with the blog writing! It can be hard to sleep after sunrise because the room heats up very quickly without A.C.! We are in a very beautiful place on the carribean coast called Taganga! It is a small vishing village with rocky street, steep hills and striking views. We have hiked around the hills to different beaches and coves and really enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere. There are ALL types of tourists here and A LOT of development going on down by the beach. We were all wondering [View Full Entry]

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Hello All! On November 9, 2009 the five of us set out for our journey at 4:30 am to the Atlantic City airport. Unfortunately AND unexpectedly, as we were checking in (after our boarding passes we issued mind you) we were told that because we did not have proof of out exit from Colombia, we would not be able to board the plane. We tried desperately to book a bus or plan or ANYTHING ticket to prove that we indeed were planning on leaving Colombia some day. Thank you to all of you who picked up your phones at 5 in [View Full Entry]

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Hello All!!! We cannot believe it, but we are leaving in just 9 days! We leave from the AC airport and fly to Cartagena, Colombia for the beginning of an amazing adventure!! We are all running around with packing, malaria meds, buying special hair gel, you name it, we are doing it! This is just a trial blog to see if everyone gets it :) Please let me know if anyone has any other people who want to be notified of the blog! Great, well I hope the next time I write I will be in Cartagena!!! I hope everyone is [View Full Entry]

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