
A couple weeks ago, our crazy Finland friend Tom came to visit. Of the many stupid, weird things Tom says or questions he asks, the only one I remember is whether or not I had ever been mugged...

Roads Unknown Halloween in Bogota = Mucho Mucho Gente. But...No pictures turned out. Stupid clubs. Need to get the Olympus back from the shop. Soon.

Roads Unknown Off to find last minute Halloween costumes...considering everything from Mario & Luigi, to stereotypical gringos. Vamos a ver.

Roads Unknown Drunk in cab. Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" in cab. Police pull us over to check ID. Continue to Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feelin" Tell Cabbie about attempted mugging. Cabbie makes sure we're inside before leaving. Just another night in Bogota.

Roads Unknown abandoned football for a Sunday afternoon pub crawl

Roads Unknown being American today...beers and wings and football @ Hooters

Today I went to go pay the rent for the month, and rather than rush to my destination as I often do, I took the time to look around...

continued from "a weekday getaway: Tunja"...With buses and Tunja having taken up most of our day, we arrived Wednesday evening in Villa de Leyva, a small colonial town turned national monument, and one of the nicest colonial towns I've seen.As the Lonely Planet states, it's "a popular weekend...

Our visit to the town of Villa de Leyva, outside of Bogota, and the surround sights. Location: Villa de Leyva, Colombia Date: Oct 8, 2009 Number of Photos in Album: 54 View Album

continued from "Holding the Tongue"...It was 20 hours to the border and I had just enough money to pay my exit fee. This meant my dinner, breakfast and lunch were leftover crackers and a bottle of water. Nigel had graciously payed my last lunch of Chinese food the day before...

Roads Unknown a few new updates to the site design plus new blogs and photos too...check it out: http://tr.im/AhZz

As we rode the bus up and out of the city on Wednesday, the oranges and browns of the bricks and mortars disappeared, replaced by the greens and yellows of the countryside...













