I boarded everything from a 6-seater in Botswana to a jumbo jet to Thailand.

A Dead Bat In Paraguay is not your typical travel memoir, and that’s exactly why I enjoyed it.

Ned Hepburn of the very manly Manolith blog will be traveling to Colombia within a month to experience the country’s best, and YOU could easily join him.  I say that with confidence because the time between when the contest was announced and the deadline for entry is very tight.  You won’t have to wait 8 [...]

Astrid, Casey (middle) and me in Medellin

I met Casey during my last week in Colombia.  More than a decade earlier, he had left the United States to start his own business in Central America, which surprised me considering how he seemed about my age!
In the interview below, he talks about his move to Costa [...]

As I shared last Thursday in Would You Accept a Free Trip to Colombia, I was asked to head down there next month for 2 weeks to see the best the country has to offer and blog about my experiences.  I was 99% sure everything was in order, however I learned how important it is [...]

I’m not going to get all sentimental on you, at least not for long. By now you know how I feel about Colombia, and Medellin in particular.  Since arriving back in Virginia four weeks ago, I can’t help but compare everything here to what I left behind – the climate, the geography, the people, the [...]

When I decided to stay in Colombia earlier this year, and start a new blog, Medellin Living, one of the goals I set for myself was to be in a position to attend Colombiamoda, the country’s annual fashion week held every July.  I knew it would require a press pass, but I figured there was [...]

I awoke at the all too early hour of 5 am with nothing about a long travel day toward home ahead of me.  It was cold enough that I didn’t bother with a shower.  I had also packed my headlamp at the bottom of my pack, and without the desire to repack the night before [...]