Temp: 37°C We had an early start this morning, lucky we packed last night in the end as we slept in a little bit. Bags to coach was by 7:30am and we made it easily even though we only got up at 6:50. We drove for about 2 hours before stopping at a rest stop for half an hour at a place called St Lucia. Nothing much here, just a Dunkin Doughnuts etc. We jumped back on the coach for another 2hours (Christina had put the end of Pirates of the Caribbean on for us for entertainment. We then stopped for [View Full Entry]

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29th-31st July, Miami, USA. We were flying out of Baranquilla in the north of Colombia, as it was cheaper than flying out of the capital. We'd arrived in the town the day before we were leaving, to make sure we werent late getting to the airport. What a mistake that was! It is an awful place! There is literally nothing there except for dirt, pollution and prostitutes. We had walked around looking for a cheap hostel, and made a mistake by walking into a place with a naked woman painted on the wall of the reception. We were approached by a [View Full Entry]

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Still here in Miami...now until Monday, but now we've got White House approval. but in the meantime, here are some D.R. pictures! [View Full Entry]

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Our adventure begins in sunny South Beach, Miami in a small corner coffee shop, Restaurante Puerto Sagua, recommended by a local tour guide. We sit down at the counter and order two cafes con leche (of course). We really didn't want or need the coffee, the only reason we entered this particular restaurant was to start conducting our research. We were on a mission. We were looking for Cuban-Americans to interview about their opinions on Cuba and U.S.-Cuban relations. Both of us have no real "research experience" per se, so we were a little hesitant to come out and ask complete [View Full Entry]

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Lapanie stopa do klubu nie zdaza mi sie czesto. Wlasciwie to nigdy mi sie nie zdaza. I w zyciu bym nie pomyslala, ze zdazy sie wlasnie w Miami. Poniewaz Tohnya i Jeremy mieszkaja calkiem daleko od "centrum rozrywek" a autobusy jezdza tu nie czesto musialam sie jakos dostac do klubu Mango's, jako ze bylam tam umowiona. Na przystanku na autobus sie nie doczekalam, ale za to zaczeli sie zatrzymywac kierowcy oferujacy mi podwiezienie. I w ten sposob, malymi odleglosciami udalo mi sie dotrzec nawet pare minut przed czasem. Klub Mango's, mile towarzystwo, muzyka salsa latino, na zewnatrz plaza... [View Full Entry]

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It's so hot that I'm not able to type... On Friday, the plane had 2 hour delay, then another 30 minutes. And when all the people were on the plane it still took another hour till the plane actually took off. At the Miami airport was just a mess. One big mess. One hour waiting for the bags and then catching a cab and eventually meeting my CouchSurfing hosts. Tohnya and Jeremy, very nice people who came back from Europe from their honeymoon like a week ago. When I told them the airport story they just said 'Welcome To Miami!'. Mess [View Full Entry]

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As you already know, I'll be teaching in Chile from July 15th to sometime in December. My job officially ends November 28th, but I want to try to get some more traveling in, especially since it will finally be summer there. My flight departs tomorrow for a two-week training in Santiago, and after that I'll be placed somewhere in the Bio Bio region, which is immediately south of Santiago (read: I likely won't freeze after all). I tend to think blogs are pretty cheesy, but (1) I'm not above that, and, more significantly, (2) it seems a lot easier than harassing [View Full Entry]

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It’s somewhat of a funny feeling to be sitting in the Miami Airport and suddenly hear via slightly-too-cheery airport news reporters that a United States governor has been caught having inappropriate relations in a country to which you have just visited. Not to be too obvious, but I’m talking about South Carolina governor Mark Sanford in Buenos Aires. The whole ordeal has led to a number of jokes, including one which compares his current situation with his wife to ‘Jon and Kate politics’. It’s sad because I saw him in an interview on the Colbert Report in 20 [View Full Entry]

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Day 820 (28/06/09) After saying our goodbyes to Kate and Danny and making an early transfer to the airport in Mexico we got on our flight to Miami. Just a couple of hours later with customs and formalities over with we jumped in a cab and before we knew it we were installed in our hostel in Miami just off Ocean Drive. With the afternoon still ours to squander we used the local looping bus to visit the supermarket and stock up for the next couple of days. It's been a while since we were in such a well-stocked supermarket and [View Full Entry]

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Apparently, due to a 2 hour mechanical delay in Madrid, our Cudas missed their scheduled connection. AA anticipated this and scheduled all 28 passengers, including 26 students and 2 teachers, to return to Orlando tomorrow morning. Since it is American Airlines' fault, they will be paying for the group to stay in a hotel next to the airport in Miami. The flight information is as follows: AA#1860 Departing Miami 9:45am Friday June 26th Arriving Orlando 10:45am Friday June 26th I called EF Tours in Boston and got this information from them. They have not confirmed the information they rec [View Full Entry]

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