Niloc - Colin Newcomer

Here's the plan: I leave September 1st, go down to San Diego, cross that border, and then I'm in Mexico! I'll go down Mexico to Central America, go through all the countries there, then into South America. I want to make it to Rio di Janero in Brazil by Carnival, to meet some very good friends. We'll see what kinds of adventures I have...

10-29-07
Well, now I'm back. I finally did make it to Rio, ten months later. I had the most amazing and unexpected adventures in between, during, and after. In the end, I went to 16 countries, and traveled for 13 months. It feels good to be home and rest for a while. Now I'm working on recording a rap album about my travels and the things learned, discovered, and realized. I'll be putting new songs up on my website,

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By Niloc
October 10th 2007

Meeting with Flo

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

argentina

Well, seeing Flo was really cool. I got to see Isabella again, who I hadn't seen for years. She now speaks english and spanish. It was neat to see their home and hang out with the family. We got to go to a birthday party, and Coco, Flo's husband, took me golfing for my first time. Then we went out to his hometown, had a drink, and met a bunch of his old friends. Everyone was super friendly! Flo has two girls now, Isabella and Olivia. And she's thinking of having a boy... thanks to Flo and Coco for the great [View Full Entry]

By Niloc
October 10th 2007

finally made it home

North America » United States » Maryland

my buddies from honduras
we meet again! I ran into these cats a few times on the trip, always a pleasure.

God bless America it is sweet to be home, under that flag of stripes and stars. I never knew how good the states are until I left for so long. Now I can see the good. Of course there's bad too... well, here I am back in the good ol u s of a, and I have to say it feels good. I got my piano back, I been playing a lot, and I just been relaxing, and it was just what I needed. So, my trip is over. Now it's time to chill out and move on to that next [View Full Entry]

By Niloc
September 18th 2007

fun in uruguay

South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo

big bowl of meat
this is what I ate to greet me to uruguay

well, i guess it´s time for me to start this thing up again, since I´m travelling again now. man, I'm in uruguay. It's really cool, never thought I would be here tho. I guess you never know where life will take you. It took me two days on the bus to get here, and was a brutal ride. Not so bad, but when I arrived, I was sore and exhausted. Travelling is tough, good thing I'm doing it while I´m still kinda young. I think when you get older you can't put up with so much. So, I spent a [View Full Entry]

By Niloc
June 25th 2007

The First and Last Blog from Rio

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

a view of copa
i lived down there, near the tip of the lights

Man, I made it. Victory is sweet. You know, looking back on ten months of travel to get here, I have a lot of thoughts. But here ends my trip, and so ends this blog. I donÂ´t really want to try to tell about my times here. This is a different phase of my trip, and plus the internet in rio is really expensive. As are a lot of things. But itÂ´s worth it, because IÂ´ve never seen a city so cool! And I got an appartment one block from the beach with an ocean view. ItÂ´s between copacabana and ipenema, [View Full Entry]

By Niloc
June 21st 2007

Going to Rio Tomorrow

South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu

Foz

When you cross that border over into brasil, itÂ´s like youÂ´re entering a whole new country. You donÂ´t know what anyone is saying, and it is a totally different culture unlike anything you have ever seen. In the last few days, I was in 3 countries. I was in Paraguay, then I went to Argentina for a day, and went to Iguazu falls there. It was pretty cool. There were rainbows, butterflies, waterfalls, and flowers. I liked it. I was hiking in the jungle by the falls, and this girl was looking at a bird. I stopped and looked with her. [View Full Entry]

By Niloc
June 7th 2007

What's up from paraguay

South America » Paraguay » Asunciòn

paraguay

well, I'm not there yet, so it's a bit of hopeful thinking, but I soon will be, if all goes well. It's been a while since I wrote a blog, and there's a good reason why, so I'll try to write one now. I'm just waiting for my bus, to take me away to new lands where I wasn't expecting to go they weren't expecting me, I'm always a stranger surrounded by foriegners cause I'm the foriegner... Last night, I went to the bus terminal in la paz at around nine, thinking to go to Sucre, and from there to paraguay. [View Full Entry]

By Niloc
May 29th 2007

pic blog from cali

South America » Colombia » Cali

pic blog from cali South America » Colombia » Cali By Niloc May 29th 2007 Colin NewcomerhereÂ´s a few pics from cali, where I just had a few days but had an amazing time. Went there with my buddy Ed from NYC who ended up stayin there. Man, it was crazy! Full circle, from California to Cali, colombia. peace may 2007 la paz [View Full Entry]

By Niloc
May 28th 2007

A new song--TIME TRAVEL

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Sorata

I wrote this on my 8 day treck high in the bolivian mountains. It's about the kinda travel we do--it's not just thru space, we actually travel thru time. TIME TRAVEL 14. time travel 9 months travelin—in a little bit, that's what It'll be, it wasn't about a destination, but a destiny… been travellin 9 months, but ain't been gone a day I know nothing has changed while I been away People all the same with the same point of view Yet all your friends seem different to you That's cause you've changed, no going back now Time was frozen [View Full Entry]

By Niloc
May 27th 2007

The song from la vega

South America » Colombia

my boy ed just remixed this track, which we recorded in Bogota, and I wrote in La Vega while searching for my friend Sarah's mom, so now the vocals are good and you can download it from the internet! Check it out. My friend Ed Leonard is from New York and makes lots of beats and does production. He made this beat using some samples from Miles DavisÂ´s kind of blue album, a jazz classic that I love. Thanks for the remix Ed! EdÂ´s currently in Cali doing some recording, and we are gunna meet up later in brasil probably [View Full Entry]

By Niloc
May 14th 2007

from the center of the world--ecuador

South America » Ecuador » Quito » Mitad del Mundo

so, finally I made it to the ecuator. It's not that hot, quito is pretty chilly cause it's so high. I had very little time to enjoy it, and didn't feel like doing anything, cause all I was focused on was getting to lima to meet my parents. But, despite being rushed, I had a real special time. I showed up with my friends from swizerland, and we went out for fondue. It was kinda neat to do a fondue, the last proper one I had had was high in the swiss alps. But then they were off to galapagos. [View Full Entry]

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