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, […]
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Foto del Día: Una Oda-Retrato a “La Paisa” Libeth en Medellín
He aquí querido visitante otra oda-retrato de mi muy bella y talentosa amiga-viajera-paisa, la Libeth, en el hostal “Palm Tree” en Medellín, Colombia… (Have here dear visitor another foto-portrait-ode to my very beautiful and talented friend-traveler-paisa, la Libeth, in the Palm Tree Hostal in Medellín). EANTF.
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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: 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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Foto del Día: “If You Don’t Build Your Dreams… ” (Baños, Ecuador)
looking out, looking in, looking over — the great volcano “Tungurahua” (translates in kichwa: “Throat of Fire”) and the city of Baños de Agua Santa, which rests below… “If you don’t build your dreams… (Si tú no construyes tus propios sueños…) Someone will hire you to build theirs…” (Alguien te va a contratar a ti […]
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Foto del Día: ¡ESTALLA! Embracing Electro-Cumbia-Pycho-Dance-Funk with Colombia´s “Bomba Estéreo” (Bogotá, Colombia)
Embracing the “Psycho-Tropical-Electric-Cumbia-Dance-Party-Funk” of Colombia’s own, Bomba Estéreo, at Corferias in Bogotá… And to add a little “brío en tu brinco” (Pep in your step) and throw down with some most rockin’ colombian grooves, I says check out Bomba Estéreo and other música colombiana on the “Los Ritmos de Colombia” Mixtapes Vol. 1 & […]
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Foto del Día: Una Oda al CouchSurfing.org Bogotá!!!
Foto-homenaje-Oda to all my good peoples of the Couchsurfing.org Bogotá traveler’s group — el parche más bacán de todos!!! — se les quiere demasiado… EANTF.
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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)
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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