http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Colombia , Cali en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:48:08 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:48:08 +0000 Where what whenI am now in Cali in the middle of the festival.Having a great time dancing everyday.And now a news reporterAfter I gave some legal advice on Bogota it was just time for me to look for a new profession here in Cali and thanks to a great tip from Amnon A friend of mine most of U should know him I found the right one for me News reporterAmnon recommended me to go to the main http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-463551.html Ca fait quelques temps maintenant que je n'ai pas mis jour mon blog et pour cause nous avons pass ces derniers jours au milieu des Andes en Equateur sans d'internet ni tlphoneAlors je reprends o je me suis arrete.. Aprs Bogota nous avons pris un bus de nuit pour Cali 12 heures de trajet mais ca ne nous fait plus peur on a l'habitude de dormir dans les bus maintenantNous avons voya http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-455359.html At the bus station in Armenia the buses are the same prices as the expresso collectivos for 20000 pesos you get to Cali straight no stops. 3 hours later i found myself at the bus station I went inside to look for an ATM machine then found the info desk I asked the lady how much taxi costs for Pelican Larry the hostel I will stay. Nice place with comfy beds. My roomies are Veronica from Oz a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-443587.html It took me a while to get my act together. I want to blame it on my cold but I know that it was just the same old crap. Andy stood there shaking his head as I got everything just so. Are you done leaving yet One last sarcastic remark before my departure. If I see his arse on the other end of the continent it will be too soon. I got lost on the way out of town ended up in Caldas. I pulled o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-437399.html Passing field after field of Sugar Cane as we came back towards sea level I knew we were going to enjoy the warmth of the sun in Cali. After our arrival we quickly took a wander around town a nice leafy plaza and it definitely has a much more laid back feel than Medellin and Bogota and with less high rise. We had a lovely cheap almuerzo set lunch including a lovely soup called Sonchope it had http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-436930.html Jetzt bin ich in Cali und da gibt es nicht viel zu sehen. Hab glaub heute schon alles von der Stadt gesehen. Aaaaber das wichtige hier ist der Salsa und die Rumba. Das mach ich beides morgen. Danach gehts richtung Ecuador. Juhuuu. Der Zoo ist vielleicht erwaehnenswert. Der ist nicht schlecht.Bis in Ecuador http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-433410.html After Salento we headed south to the salsa capital of Colombia Cali. Almost immediately we had agreed to join a group of people heading to San Sipriani the next morning which is a small village by a river only reachable by the train tracks that link the coast with the inland and is used mainly to transport bananas. The locals have devised a makeshift 'train' that is basically a wooden bench on http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-430535.html Day 728 27.03.09We'd come to Cali purely for the nightlife as we'd heard it was the centre of Salsa in Colombia and we thought this would be a great place to celebrate Chrissie's third birthday on the road.With only one or two large group lessons lurking distantly in our Salsa history we decided that we really ought to brush up on a few moves if we were to be able to hit the dance floor with the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-386167.html I arrived in Cali Colombia after journeying continuously from Quito in Ecuador foolishly when I looked at the map I guessed the travel time to be about 6 hours including the border crossing but it turned out to be more like 20 including a solitary walk over the Colombian border in the dark.It was early morning when I got to Cali and after unpacking and a quick breakfast I set off from the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-378199.html Day 1 Wednesday Got into Cali early and the bus station was close to my hostel so I decided to walk. Bad decision. I walked on Calle 25 street for a few blocks then without warning found myself at the corner of Avenida 3 and Calle 34. I walked a few more blocks to catch my bearings and was still on the corner of 3 34. I found a police officer and asked him for directions. He pointed me acros http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-351341.html I began the journey on Tuesday morning at 830 but before the first bus trip began I met three fellow travelers a couple from New Zealand Matt and Jess and a British girl Fay. I started the five hour bus ride to Tulcan in my assigned seat but I quickly found myself in a big group including a family so I moved up to be closer to the more western folk. The bus ride was an easy one and they inv http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-351330.html i was hopin to bus from chile up to bogata in jan. just wondering if the border between colombia and ecuador is open for thru transportation. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-343606.html Teil 2 CaliDie folgenden Tage verbringe ich mit Antons Mutter einer resoluten lteren Dame die in einem schmucken Reihenhuschen in einem der zahlreichen condiminios einer eingezunten Wohnanlage residiert. Sie ist bereits im Ruhestand was ihr eine Vollzeitbetreuung hinsichtlich meiner Person ermglicht und kmmert sich rhrend um mich. Allerdings hat sie ein uert hohes Angstpotential http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-323987.html Teil 1 Die AnreiseNach 22 Stunden Reisezeit zwei Flughafenzwischenstopps drei AirFrance und einem AviancaTiefkhlmen bin ich endlich sicher in Cali gelandet. Dort werden mich die Mutter von Anton meinem kolumbianischen Mitbewohner und seine Freundin abholen. Ich muss sagen dass ich trotz aller Abendteuerlust die man natrlich immer mit so einer Reise verbindet in diesem Moment sehr fr http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-320220.html Apparently as a Black Man visiting Colombia I could not have come possibly hailed from the United States of These Americas...Id been told that I had to either be Costeo or Caleo. Or my parents were. Or My Grandpappies. Or something. When I told Colombians that my Mom and Dad were from Virginia and South Carolina respectively theyd ask where in Colombia that was. Seriously when I relayed my http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-309889.html AGRADEZCO A DIOS TODOPODEROSO POR PRESTARME LA VIDA A MIS PADRES POR TRAERME AL MUNDO A HEIDI Y ALVARO POR EDUCARME A MIS HERMANOS POR HACER EL ESFUERZO DE ENTENDERME.A JOHANNA POR SER LA MUJER QUE ES A MI ASESOR Y MI GRAN AMIGO MILTON OBED POR ENSEARME A SER PRACTICO EL VALOR DEL DINERO Y DARME TANTAS LECCIONES DE VIDA.A MIS AMIGOS DE SIEMPRE MACKENXI ROBINSON Y ENRIQUE .POR MAS DE http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-298635.html After all the warnings of gringos being kidnapped or falsely accused of drug smuggling I have to say Colombia was almost a bit of a letdown. Apart from the style of salsa being different and maybe having a few more mountains on first impressions I can't say it struck me as being all that different from Ecuador. The scenery in southern Colombia as we crossed the border and made our way towards P http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-295795.html Can anybody pass on information to me about renting a shop in Cali Colombia as I wish to set up a business for hairdressing for my girlfriend who is originally from Cali.Any help would be grateful. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-286920.html Tomorrow will be the anniversary of my arrival in Cali a city in Colombia near the Pacific coast in the centralsouth of the country. Famous for the beautiful women las Calenas salsa sugar cane and the most fertile land in the world second only to the Nile. Also the city has the most displaced people living here second only to areas of the Sudan. I can't believe I have only been here one we http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-286020.html Hola AmigosOur trip in Cartagena continued with school and sight seeing. I learn more about Tony each day. He finally got grumpy one day after class when his teacher started going over irregular verb conjugations in the present tense. He wanted the rule for irregular verb conjugations. I tried to explain there was no rules you just have to memorize which ones they are that is why they are http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Cali/blog-275620.html