http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Niloc/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Niloc en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:16:49 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:16:49 BST 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 ha http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/blog-210128.html God bless Americait 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 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-210125.html well i guess its time for me to start this thing up again since Im 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 Im still http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/District-of-Montevideo/Montevideo/blog-203187.html 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 dont 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 its worth it because Ive never seen a city so cool And http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-173485.html When you cross that border over into brasil its like youre entering a whole new country. You dont 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 waterfal http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/blog-171656.html 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 busto take me awayto new lands where I wasn't expecting to gothey weren't expecting meI'm always a strangersurrounded by foriegners cause I'm the foriegner...Last night I went http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Paraguay/Asunci%F2n/blog-166838.html pic blog from calinbspSouth America raquonbspColombia raquonbspCali By NilocMay 29th 2007Colin Newcomerheres 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.peacemay 2007la paz http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-163595.html I wrote this on my 8 day treck high in the bolivian mountains. It's about the kinda travel we doit's not just thru space we actually travel thru time. TIME TRAVEL 14. time travel 9 months travelinmdashin a little bit that's what It'll be it wasn't about a destination but a destinyhellip been travellin 9 months but ain't been gone a day I know nothing has changed while I been away P http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/Sorata/blog-163201.html 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 Daviss kind of blue album a jazz classic that I lo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/blog-162747.html so finally I made it to the ecuator. It039s not that hot quito is pretty chilly cause it039s so high. I had very little time to enjoy it and didn039t 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 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Quito/Mitad-del-Mundo/blog-158418.html it's mostly a peaceful city though I met some english blokes this morning who were abducted. They got in a taxi these two fellas in came some guys with knives and took them somewhere with guys with guns. Handcuffed em. Took all their valuables camera mp3 player. Held a gun to their head and asked for the atm pin number. Then they held the guys there for 24 hours getting all the money they c http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Bolivia/La-Paz-Department/La-Paz/blog-158413.html 8. a fairy tale heres the song I promised that I was inspired to write on a small island of peru. I sang it for some friends on the boat on the way back. so long ago a baby cryin down below while I039m up on mt zion flyin on eagles wings from babylon see you all later peace out I039m gone lady brings up food hot from the fire steamin in my face satisfying desire couldn039t stand the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/blog-157222.html machu picchu picture blog part onenbspSouth America raquonbspPeru raquonbspMachu Picchu By NilocMay 6th 2007Colin Newcomerthese are pics from the first few days of hiking. EnjoyColin http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-155838.html well its been a long time since I wrote in this thing. I had a vacation with my parents who came to visit it was the first time I saw them in a year. They are doing well and theyre leaving today . Right now theyre shopping while I make cds of the pics. I dont take my blog serious but its funny because this is the only news a lot of people hear from me so I feel I should apologize http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/blog-155455.html I got the best welcome to bogota imaginable and met some great people. Here's some of the pics. Colin well I039m gunna try to give a brief summary of what I039ve been up to or maybe just a few adventures. I want to start with my return to Bogota from searching for Sarah039s family in La Vega...so I thought I would chill out because I was having a busy time in La Vega chillin with a fe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Bogota/blog-147936.html La Vega Picture Blogfrom the best place in the worldnbspSouth America raquonbspColombia raquonbspBogota By NilocApril 10th 2007Colin Newcomer Captions coming soon That is to say Colombia. Anyway I have to admit I don't have hardly a few minutes to write right now but I figured I'd just pop in and say that the reason my blog is so out of date is that I've been having so much fun a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Bogota/blog-147328.html Finally made it to Cartegena and to this internet shop I was wanting to see. I haven't really seen the city yet but me and my friend came straight to the internet first to see what was going on...it's quite the sight to see in cartegena. But really though they're all kinda the same huhI'm gunna try to write a proper blog because I think it's been quite a while since I have updated. So...man whe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cartagena/blog-141538.html I just spent a few days on the caribe of columbia. That does good things for a body. Found some really sick body surfing some of the best of my trip maybe the best The beaches were amazing. You had to hike in a few miles in to Park Tayrona. Oh man...then you just relax and sleep in hammocks. Anyone who misses columbia is sure missing a lot. I know that it could be dangerous but it doesnt fe http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Parque-Nacional-Tayrona/blog-140699.html hey people heres some cool pics from merida...enjoy http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Venezuela/Andean/Merida/blog-139347.html More pics from journey...they are continued... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Ciudad-Perdida/blog-139301.html