Comments on: Update: The Colombia Trip http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/2009/08/23/update-the-colombia-trip/ Around the World Travel Blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:07:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Vicky http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/2009/08/23/update-the-colombia-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-14482 Vicky Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:31:50 +0000 http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/?p=1439#comment-14482 Hi !!! next time you plan a visit to Bogota check out my web site I have apartments in the best locations <br> <a href="http://www.vickyrentals.yolasite.com" rel="nofollow">www.vickyrentals.yolasite.com</a> Hi !!! next time you plan a visit to Bogota check out my web site I have apartments in the best locations
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]]> By: Geoff http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/2009/08/23/update-the-colombia-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-13917 Geoff Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:35:04 +0000 http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/?p=1439#comment-13917 Well your posts on Colombia had the same effect on me! Yeah, it´s sad the way the media has such a big impact, but it means from now I will always do more research myself on blogs and the like next time there is somewhere I want to go that the media deems únsafe Well your posts on Colombia had the same effect on me!

Yeah, it´s sad the way the media has such a big impact, but it means from now I will always do more research myself on blogs and the like next time there is somewhere I want to go that the media deems únsafe

]]> By: Dave http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/2009/08/23/update-the-colombia-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-13914 Dave Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:23:25 +0000 http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/?p=1439#comment-13914 Geoff - I could tell from reading your posts that Mexico had an affect on you. I'm definitely a little more curious as a result. Isn't it amazing how the media can make a whole country as big as Mexico sound like a dangerous proposition as a result of regional troubles? Geoff – I could tell from reading your posts that Mexico had an affect on you. I’m definitely a little more curious as a result. Isn’t it amazing how the media can make a whole country as big as Mexico sound like a dangerous proposition as a result of regional troubles?

]]> By: Geoff http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/2009/08/23/update-the-colombia-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-13909 Geoff Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:22:13 +0000 http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/?p=1439#comment-13909 Mexico, definitely. It was a holiday there in 2007 that inspired me to take a full yearlong RTW trip. It was then the first stop of my RTW trip. And I adore the place. Six countries in, it{s still my favourite, for so many reasons. I also feel particularly strongly about supporting it, as with teh double blow of the swine flu and overly negative coverage of the drugs war in the US media has meant tourism is down significantly. I have met so many Americans in other Latin American countries who have been amazed that I went to Mexico as "it's so dangerous right now", which apparently is the impression much of the US media makes. The fact is, in the vast majority of the country it's not, but people don't realise that and they get scared away. So I've made a real effort to show the positive side of the country in my blog posts. Mexico, definitely. It was a holiday there in 2007 that inspired me to take a full yearlong RTW trip. It was then the first stop of my RTW trip. And I adore the place. Six countries in, it{s still my favourite, for so many reasons.

I also feel particularly strongly about supporting it, as with teh double blow of the swine flu and overly negative coverage of the drugs war in the US media has meant tourism is down significantly.

I have met so many Americans in other Latin American countries who have been amazed that I went to Mexico as “it’s so dangerous right now”, which apparently is the impression much of the US media makes. The fact is, in the vast majority of the country it’s not, but people don’t realise that and they get scared away. So I’ve made a real effort to show the positive side of the country in my blog posts.

]]> By: TravMonkey http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/2009/08/23/update-the-colombia-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-13908 TravMonkey Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:12:12 +0000 http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/?p=1439#comment-13908 Yeah it's easy to feel at home on one of the Thai beaches! :D I agree that if I've been to places in Cambodia and Laos I'm unlikely to go back... which isn't the case with Thailand. Paul @ TravMonkey.com Yeah it’s easy to feel at home on one of the Thai beaches! :D

I agree that if I’ve been to places in Cambodia and Laos I’m unlikely to go back… which isn’t the case with Thailand.

Paul @
TravMonkey.com

]]> By: Dave http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/2009/08/23/update-the-colombia-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-13905 Dave Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:15:23 +0000 http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/?p=1439#comment-13905 I agree about every country offering something unique, and I have great stories from all that I've visited, however a few certainly stick out more than the rest for me. The places I would return to in a heartbeat. To placate the people asking me the "favorite place" question, I began answering Nepal...and later added Colombia to the answer. I loved my Cambodian experience, and appreciated Laos, though I don't intend to return to either in the foreseeable future. The islands of Thailand, I could return to tomorrow! I agree about every country offering something unique, and I have great stories from all that I’ve visited, however a few certainly stick out more than the rest for me. The places I would return to in a heartbeat. To placate the people asking me the “favorite place” question, I began answering Nepal…and later added Colombia to the answer.

I loved my Cambodian experience, and appreciated Laos, though I don’t intend to return to either in the foreseeable future. The islands of Thailand, I could return to tomorrow!

]]> By: TravMonkey http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/2009/08/23/update-the-colombia-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-13899 TravMonkey Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:49:40 +0000 http://www.gobackpacking.com/Blog/?p=1439#comment-13899 I'd support any country that would involve a free trip! :D No seriously... I don't think so... Every country I've been to has offered something different I don't think I've been to a country that I didn't like. Weird I know. I think it is because I enjoy different countries for very different reasons. It's that question people ask when they know you've done a lot of traveling ... "What was your favourite place" there just isn't an answer to that. Paul @ TravMonkey.com I’d support any country that would involve a free trip! :D

No seriously… I don’t think so… Every country I’ve been to has offered something different I don’t think I’ve been to a country that I didn’t like. Weird I know. I think it is because I enjoy different countries for very different reasons.

It’s that question people ask when they know you’ve done a lot of traveling … “What was your favourite place” there just isn’t an answer to that.

Paul @
TravMonkey.com

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