Tag: travel
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The temperatures of Colombia [23/50]
Colombia has one of the most diverse climates of any region that I have ever encountered; from tropical beaches, to cool cloud forests, to misty towns in the mountains, to dusty lawless deserts fit only for banditos. Riding a motorcycle over this geography is challenging as it is almost impossible to predict what the temperature…
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Keeping my nose clean on the Caribbean coast [21/50]
After spending three weeks in Bogota in a sprawling colonial – style house in the Chapinero district, I decided that my Spanish was workable enough to tackle this vast continent (well, I can communicate the important things, like ordering food and beer, but then it gets a tad complicated). And I must say, having cafés…
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The rhythms of Bogota [20/50]
Bogota, the capital of Colombia, is a large modern metropolis of about eight million people that sits atop a mountain range of 2500 metres. Because of this, it has a cool, temperate climate, that is in stark contrast to the other, tropical parts of the country. I have been here for two weeks now, taking…
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Berlin: where histories collide [19/50]
After I had left Spain, I went to Berlin for three days. I have been to Berlin on numerous occasions and indeed, my first trip to Berlin was only a couple of months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. I remember watching the wall being pushed over by the Berlin crowds on the television…
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Walking Camino Portugal, Camino de Santiago de Compostella [17/50]
The Camino de Santiago (the Way of Saint James) is a pilgrimage in Southern Europe that begins in countries like France, Spain, Germany, England and Portugal and ends in Santiago de Compostella in Spain. Pilgrims take many different routes to walk the Camino, and some of these routes are over a thousand kilometres long and…