Welcome back mis queridos oyentes new and old to Dímelo Caminando! I’m your host, Jamie Killen, and this is the podcast dedicated to Spanish language learning, latin america travel, culture, and on-the-ground education. In today’s episode of Dímelo Caminando, we travel to the city of Turmequé in the Boyacá region of Colombia to speak with […]
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Dímelo Caminando 005: Exploring the Roots of Colombia’s National Sport: ¡El TEJO!
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Dímelo Caminando 004: VIAJAR ES REGRESAR – TO TRAVEL IS TO RETURN
VIAJAR ES REGRESAR By Gabriel García Márquez (translated by me, Jamie Killen) Music by Nosaj Thing — Aquarium. Viajar es marcharse de casa (To travel is to leave home) es dejar los amigos (It’s to part from friends) es intentar volar (It’s to attempt to fly) volar conociendo otras ramas (Flying along new routes) recorriendo […]
TITMW.com Presents…The Sounds and Rhythms of Colombia Mixtape Vol. III
Here you have yet another installment of our mixtape series dedicated to the sounds and rhythms of COLOMBIA!!! ¡¡¡QUE LO SUENE FUERTE Y QUE SE MUEVAN LAS CADERAS!!! Track Listing: 1.) 0:00 – Sidestepper, “Hoy Tenemos” from the album Continental Myspace Wikipedia Facebook Lastfm Itunes Store 2.) 3:25 – La Mojarra Electrica, “El Hueco” from […]
Dímelo Caminando Podcast Update: Todavía Vamos Por Buen Camino – Just A Little Slower Than Expected – Y Un Favorcito…
Queridos amigos y amigas de El Dímelo Caminando Podcast, ¡¿Cómo me les va?! Espero todo chévere. Les vuelvo a escribir otra tarjeta postal desde La Gran Manzana – New York City!!! (Nueba Yoooooooool!!!) Lo primero es que me toca decirles perdón por no haber podido cumplir con lo que les había prometido en mi […]
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Foto del Día: En Contra de El Cristóbal Colón – Perspectives from Ecuadorian Street Art
My first introduction to the great Italian Sea Captain, Christopher Columbus (a.k.a Cristóbal Colón), began with the following poem, recited by my 5th grade elementary school class, on his official day of remembrance: “In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, […]
Foto del Día: More Experiments in Fotografía Callejera (Edición Quito-2-Cuenca)
More snaps from more experiments in fotografía callejera – Edición Quito-2-Cuenca, Ecuador… EANTF.
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Foto del Día: Leaping Hemispheres @ La Mitad del Mundo (Con la Clara)
Nosotros podemos… (We can…) Brincar hemisferios en solo un salto… (jump hemispheres in just one leap) Cruzar el gran círculo del mundo que yace a “latitud 0…” (Cross the great circle of earth that lies at “latitude 0.”) Y capturar el instante exacto con velocidades rápidas del obturador…( And capture the exact instant with […]
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Foto del Día: No Te Calles Jamás – Express Yo’ Tumbao!!! (Street Style Quito)
In good colombian, the word “tumbao” (one of my favorite palabras colombianas) is used to refer to one’s style, flavor, swagger, swing, etc, particularly in movement in dance. However, you can find “tumbao” all over the place. And so on that note, I say via painted walls and street portraits — No te calles […]
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Foto del Día: Behold – El Escarabajo Hercules – Rhinoceros Beetles of the Ecuadorian Amazon!!!
Behold — Just one of the many creatures that go bump in the night in the amazon rain forests of Ecuador — El Escarabajo Hercules: The largest of the Rhinoceros beetles (los escarabajos rinoceronte) native to the rain forests of Ecuador, and other parts of Central and South America. These particular beetles were found […]
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Foto del Día: YOU ARE… My Favorite Flavor of “Helado!!!”
You are… (Tú eres…) My favorite flavor of ice cream… (Mi sabor de helado favorito) You are…(Tú eres…) My whole world… (Todo mi mundo…) EANTF.
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