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 […]
Dímelo Caminando 005: Exploring the Roots of Colombia’s National Sport: ¡El TEJO!
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: VAMOS POR BUEN CAMINO — New Episodes Coming in One Week!!!
Queridos amigos y amigas de TellittomeWalking.com y El Dímelo Caminando Podcast, ¿!Qué Más?!? ¿Cómo les ha ido? I write you today with good news: Despite a few minor set backs and technical problemitas I’ve been encountering, starting in one week you will all be able to find new episodes of Dímelo Caminando, and new […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 & […]
TITMW.com Presents… Los Ritmos de Colombia Mixtape Vol. II
Here we are back again with the second installment of our Mixtape series dedicated to the sounds and rhythms of Colombia (If you missed Vol. 1, Check it out here). Within it, you’ll find a very eclectic selection of music that represents a wide variety of regions, styles and sounds throughout the country. Again, I didn’t stray too […]
Plan de Acción 2013: Lookin’ Up and Out (and Back) on Travel, Learning and Life
“If you don’t build your dream someone will hire you to build theirs.” — Tony Gaskins “If you’re going to try, go all the way, there is no other feeling like that. / you will be alone with the gods / and the nights will flame with fire…. you will ride life straight to / perfect […]