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Foto del Día: What Do You Get When You Cross a “Prepago” with Colombia’s Most Famous Drug Lord??? (Medellín, Colombia)

Latin America Travel Photography by Jamie Killen: Medellín Grafitti meets Pablo Escobar and High Class Call Girls.

  Chiste del Día: Pregunta: What do you get when you cross a “prepago” (Literally means: “Prepay or advance payment” but is used in Colombian spanish to refer to a “lady of the night”) with Colombia’s most notorious drug lord? Respuesta: A Pre-Pablo!   EANTF…

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Foto del Día: Una Oda al “Llapingacho” – Traditional Cuisine from the Ecuadorian Highlands

Latin America Travel Photography by Jamie Killen: Comidas Tipicas Ecuador Traditional Cuisine

Just a little Photo-Ode to probably what is one of the greatest “comidas típicas” (traditional foods) of the Americas, namely the highland regions of Ecuador — “El llapingacho:” Fried mashed potato pancakes stuffed with cheese (Se me hace agua la boca!!! It makes my mouth water!!!) A typical plate of Llapingacho is usually served with: Chorizo […]

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Foto del Día: Believe – Grow – Create (Yourself)… Not Metaphorically but Literally in Cuenca, Ecuador

Latin America Travel Photography by Jamie Killen: Street Art Cuenca Ecuador Mensaje Positivo

  Believe (Creer)… Grow (Crecer)… Create (Yourself) (Crearse)… Not Metaphorically But Literally!!! (No Metafórico Sino Literal!!!)   Just a little positivity from the streets of Cuenca, Ecuador…   EANTF

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Foto del Día: Echando Un Vistazo – Medellín, Colombia Desde El Teleférico

Latin America Travel Photography by Jamie Killen: Medellín, Colombia

  Just a little glance at the “City of Eternal Spring” — Medellín, Colombia — from up top el Teleférico… *Lección del Día: Echar un vistazo = To have a look, take a look, take a glance. Feliz Miércoles!!!

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Why I Travel (Part 2): Hip Hop, “White Lightning,” and the Disposable Camera

This is part 2 of my "Why I Travel" series in which I trace the origins of my wanderlust and try to pinpoint exactly where and why I travel on TellittomeWalking.com

  “I speak with criminal slang, that’s just the way that I talk yo, vocabulary spills, I’m ill…” – From “Ebonics” by Big L When I first discovered Hip-Hop I was in the 6th Grade. The year was 1997 and I was eleven years old. It came to me one fine morning in the form […]

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Dímelo Caminando 002: Y Entonces…More Colombian Spanish (con Santiago)

TellittomeWalking.com Travel Blog and Dímelo Caminando Latin America Spanish Audio Language Learning Podcast

Right click here to download the conversation transcript for session 002 Dímelo Caminando Annnnnnnnnd we’re back! Estamos de vuelta acá para otro episodio de Dímelo Caminando. Les digo gracias por volver… Running a little behind schedule with today’s episode, but still  — mejor un poco tarde que nunca, sabes… So in today’s session we’re going to […]

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Why I Travel (Part 1): Postcards from Grandma-MA

Inspiration for why I travel, why we travel, why I started tellittomewalking.com and the dímelocaminando spanish audio language learning podcast

Blizzard in the suburbs  The mailman And the poet walking. -Jack Kerouac, Book of Haikus I never really knew my grandmother. I mean, I know of her, what my mama tells me of her, but to tell you the truth, I can count on one hand how many times we ever spent time together. And […]

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Dímelo Caminando 005: Exploring the Roots of Colombia’s National Sport: ¡El TEJO!

Turmequé Indigenous Roots Colombia's National Sport - El Tejo - Dímelo Caminando Spanish Language Learning Podcast

Welcome back mis queridos oyentes new and old to Dímelo Caminando! I’m your host, Jamie Killen, and this is the […]

Dímelo Caminando 004: VIAJAR ES REGRESAR – TO TRAVEL IS TO RETURN

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VIAJAR ES REGRESAR By Gabriel García Márquez (translated by me, Jamie Killen) Music by Nosaj Thing — Aquarium. Viajar es […]

TITMW.com Presents…The Sounds and Rhythms of Colombia Mixtape Vol. III

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Here you have yet another installment of our mixtape series dedicated to the sounds and rhythms of COLOMBIA!!! ¡¡¡QUE LO […]

Dímelo Caminando Podcast Update: Todavía Vamos Por Buen Camino – Just A Little Slower Than Expected – Y Un Favorcito…

Tarjeta Postal Learn Latin America Spanish Podcast Dímelo Caminando

  Queridos amigos y amigas de El Dímelo Caminando Podcast, ¡¿Cómo me les va?! Espero todo chévere. Les vuelvo a […]

Dímelo Caminando Podcast Update: VAMOS POR BUEN CAMINO — New Episodes Coming in One Week!!!

Learn authentic latin america spanish with the Dimelo Caminando Podcast of Tellittomewalking.com

  Queridos amigos y amigas de TellittomeWalking.com y El Dímelo Caminando Podcast, ¿!Qué Más?!? ¿Cómo les ha ido? I write […]