From a place like Panama City, where Salsa is everywhere, the expectation for the Salsa Congress – that by pure coincident was in the same weekend as I was there! – grew naturally high 🙂 When I reached the location Fiesta Casino on Friday evening I was super-excited. But I had to ask 3 times… Continua a leggere Panama Salsa Congress
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-1 day: minimal packing list completed
OK it took more than I thought but I finished packing. The reason it took long is that I like to travel light. I got used to it while traveling for work and I wanted to have the same approach for this 3 months. The bad news is that 3 months are not 5 days.… Continua a leggere -1 day: minimal packing list completed
Visiting Salento, in the Zona Cafetera of Colombia
After a weekend of parties, a visit in a nice village is a very nice cure: it gives at least the illusion of some relax and early nights… Salento is a little town in the Eje Cafetero, the area of Colombia producing the biggest (legal) export of the country: good coffee beans. There you’ll find… Continua a leggere Visiting Salento, in the Zona Cafetera of Colombia
Feeling unsafe in Colombia?
Now that I’m back to the amusement park called Netherlands, when I tell people I’ve spent almost 3 months in Colombia the first questions I get are about safety. Did you feel unsafe? How dangerous really is? Did you have scary moments? First of all, I consider myself fortunate as I didn’t had any real bad… Continua a leggere Feeling unsafe in Colombia?
5 days in the jungle, hiking Ciudad Perdida, Colombia
The Ciudad Perdida (Lost city) has an history interesting enough to make me hike for 5 days in the rain forest. And I never did an hike longer than few hours before in my life. This pre-Colombian settlement of the Tayrona people, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains surrounding the city of Santa Marta, Colombia, was unknown… Continua a leggere 5 days in the jungle, hiking Ciudad Perdida, Colombia