A weeklong trip exploring some of the best of the Pacific Northwest and Oregon.
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Walking El Camino Real from Barichara to Guane
Two villages connected by an old, cobblestone trail? Say no more! I had one mission in Colombia and it involved ... an old road. Here's how to make the fun trip on foot from Barichara to Guane, and how to return to Barichara after.
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How I Did Colombia
What can you do with three weeks in Colombia? A lot, it turns out, even after spending a week in Cartagena taking a weeklong intensive Spanish course! One of the appealing things about Colombia is that its sheer geographic diversity (beaches! mountains! rainforests) mean that you have have many mini-vacations-in-one, depending on how much you move around the country.
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Where To Go, Eat and Drink in Cartagena
Cartagena is arguably Colombia's most picture perfect city, filled with candy colored houses, excellent restaurants, and night life galore. I spent a week exploring the city while studying Spanish for a week — here's the lowdown on where I went, ate, drank, and stayed.
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