Suitcase of books

Didn't know what I was going to need.

September 4th 2016
The trip from Atlanta was uneventful and easy. The food on Delta business class I can say is exceptionally good. I flew business since the difference was almost paid for by the free bag check-in and I had a lot, including a suitcase of books. Mauricio from insidecolombia.co, which arranged the internship, met me at the airport as planned and took me to the apartment I had rented. Mauricio is a ... read more

South America » Colombia » Bogota

Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more

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Eric Helliwell

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I am an IT guy who has done a fair bit of traveling. I grew up in the same town I went to college, so I guess I needed to get around a bit more when I got older. I decided to blog my future journeys so I can actually reflect on the them when they are done. The most important thing to me when I travel is to get a feel for the history, natural landscape, and people of an area. If you can understand the way a people interact with it's land and how past events have shaped their thoughts about others, you will really understand the culture. I will take a fixed tour occasionally, but mostly ... full info

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