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  • Untitled post 70

    Hello from the bus! Loving this WordPress app! ‘For our security’ they walk through the bus videoing our faces. Movie is Resident Evil: Retribution. Not sure, maybe the follow-up to Ladies in Lavender? And the attendant is trying to change the language from English to Spanish.

  • En route to Medellín

    En route to Medellín

    I’m in a town called Magangue on my way to Medellín. And it’s my first update using my mobile phone! I have a 12 hour bus journey starting at 6 PM getting to Medellín in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

  • Exploring the town

    Exploring the town

    After all my travel yesterday, today I’ve taken it much easier, although I did do a lot of walking around the town. It’s very sleepy and there isn’t a lot to do here, which suits me for now. In fact, I’m supposed to be leaving tomorrow, but it’s tempting to have another easy day. The…

  • My early start

    My early start

    I had a very early start this morning. I booked with a door to door tour company, and they told me they’d get back to me with the departure time, and when they did it was to tell me that I would be picked up between 4 and 4.30am. So I was up at 3.30,…

  • Booked for Mompox/Mompós on Thursday

    Booked for Mompox/Mompós on Thursday

    I’m booked to begin my travels on Thursday, with a bus leaving (probably at some ungodly hour) for Mompox.

  • While all attention was on the beauties

    While all attention was on the beauties

    … I was more fascinated by this guy. My first time to encounter flyboarding flyboard from Éamon Mack on Vimeo.

  • Desfile de Balleneras

    Desfile de Balleneras

    I popped into Centro to see what was happening on Saturday afternoon, and watched the start of the Desfile de Balleneras. The ‘beauties’ were announced and marched up and down on what seemed to be tables put together, and then came into smaller boats, where they removed their wraps and headed out into the harbour…

  • Off to the whaling parade

    Off to the whaling parade

    Good morning. The Independence celebrations continue, and this afternoon I’m off to see the desfile de balleneras, which seems to have an unfortunate translation as whaling parade. Given that it’s when the Miss Colombia contestants take to the water.

  • Packing

    OK, it’s a packing day. Given that I’m leaving the apartment next week, I’d have expected to be much more panicked about getting packed up and leaving. But I’m not. I think I feel that I’ve accumulated less on this stay than is normal. But it’s probably more that I’m in denial. I hate packing…

  • Welcome to my new microblog

    Welcome to my new microblog

    I’m not going to spend time on introductions. You’ll learn about me as time goes on. For today I’m writing from a very noisy Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, where we’re in the middle of the Independence celebrations, or Carnaval, as it’s also known. Just home from watching the parade, and it’s very noisy with fireworks…