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Insane Trip............

I touched down last night and what a trip!!!
3 weeks in paradise!
First stop Cali, then Armenia, Pereira, and Santa Rosa.
This was just the first few days.
I enjoyed Cali for 8 days, then I jumped on a quick flight to Cartagena.
One week in the land of Volcano, beautiful islands, historical sights and great food.
Off to Barranquilla briefly, then to the ultimate paradise......Santa Marta.
This was by far better than other places I visited by far.
I've got a thousand stories from this trip and I wont bore you all with my fun, but
I might break incidents down in funny posts in the next few weeks.....
I loved this trip so much, I'm planning my next trip for as soon as I can.
August in Medellin might be too far off.
I'm a junkie and I need my Colombia fix.............................

By nueva york bombero on Jan 16, 2008, 13:47 in Friendly Talkzone.

msaucey says on Jan 16, 2008, 14:11:

LOL....Glad you enjoyed yourself.... Colombia can be an awesome place....

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

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MitchAlvarez says on Jan 16, 2008, 14:15:

Glad your back safe man. I'll be in Medellin in August again.

"Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France"

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nueva york bombero says on Jan 16, 2008, 14:28:

Yeah, thanks.
Not as much luck for my other friend who flew out of Cartagena....
He was left in Barranquilla by a van driver. The asshole left with his maletas.
I waited 3 hours in the carretera yesterday morning for this fucker.
The police set up a roadblock and multiple motorcycle cops road in either direction
looking for him. They knew who he was from my description and were extremely helpful.

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MitchAlvarez says on Jan 16, 2008, 15:14:

did they catch him?

"Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France"

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nueva york bombero says on Jan 16, 2008, 16:00:

I don't have a clue, but they certainly tried and I was impressed.
I had to go to the airport for my flight and I almost missed it because of the roadblock I created!

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RUV says on Jan 16, 2008, 16:45:

This maybe one of your funny stories, but who was this and what did he do that the cops had to setup road blocks looking for him?

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goin_south says on Jan 16, 2008, 19:25:

"....I've got a thousand stories from this trip and I wont bore you all with my fun..."

Okay Bombero.... We'll be having a CONFERENCE CALL... jajja , so you can tell us all about it !

Where do we go from here?

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nueva york bombero says on Jan 17, 2008, 14:23:

Whenever you'd like.........gs
RUV....I explained above......a colectivo driver left my buddy (also a NY bombero) in Barranquilla without his suitcase or the ability to speak Spanish! He called me and I instructed him to find a safe place to crash for the night until 5 AM when the first bus leaves Bqlla. He got lucky!!!!!!!!

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MitchAlvarez says on Jan 17, 2008, 15:14:

nyb im waiting for pics and stories man..................... come on!! shoot.

"Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France"

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nueva york bombero says on Jan 19, 2008, 06:43:

We plunged into the Volcano, took a hike through the mountains in Santa rosa, danced salsa all night long in Cali, chilled in Isla Rosario, ate the freshest fish possible in Taganga,
got harrassed by vendors in Rodadero, went to brothels in Cartagena, took a tour of the cafe in Armenia, got robbed in Baranquilla, let's see.....am I missing anything?
I'm sure I am........
Hey, how do you post pics here?

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Dan says on Jan 19, 2008, 07:47:

Geezzz sounds like you had one hell of a trip. Now that sounds like the type of vacation I would mind having. If only I wasn't restrained on where I could go because of work. Glad to hear you had a great time.

God Bless America!

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Man Tequila says on Jan 19, 2008, 08:33:

Sounds like a very interesting trip. Love to hear more stories.

You can post pics using www.tinypic.com; upload the picture to this site, on the right side of the screen it will give you four options for filenames. I usually copy and paste the second option, which saves your picture along the lines of [IMG]www.tinypic.com/filename7684.jpg[IMG]. To put it on PBH, erase the [IMG]things on each side, and type, as below. I had to modify it so it would show up, you must also put < and > brackets around the whole thing.

img src = "www.tinypic.com/filename7684.jpg"

using the filename from tinypic without the [img]s.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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nueva york bombero says on Jan 19, 2008, 13:41:

img src = "http://i18.tinypic.com/85abz3l.jpg"

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nueva york bombero says on Jan 19, 2008, 13:43:

I'm the nut with my mouth wide open.
The other 2 are from California and are still in Cali, Co.
Volcano mud........que rico!!!

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nueva york bombero says on Jan 19, 2008, 13:46:

http://i13.tinypic.com/6sjavt2.jpg

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LilaM says on Jan 19, 2008, 13:53:

jjajajj nice pic, whose foot is on your left shoulder jajajaja

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don´t try" B. Sills

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nueva york bombero says on Jan 19, 2008, 13:54:

http://i16.tinypic.com/6xhut88.jpg Cartagena

http://i16.tinypic.com/8ehmjw1.jpg Buenaventura

http://i13.tinypic.com/87ani9d.jpg http://i1.tinypic.com/8e8gj6w.jpg AAWWW

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Dan says on Jan 19, 2008, 14:14:

Nice pictures! That mud picture looks like it was fun.

God Bless America!

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Man Tequila says on Jan 19, 2008, 16:17:

You can post the pic directly on the site, just add < and > around your first attempt, and don't leave a space between the bracket and the quotation mark or src and the equal sign or the equal sign and the file name (that is, only a space between img and src and nothing else). It's a bit annoying, and worse since it won't show up if I type in what it should be. I'll post your pictures and you can practice later.

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Man Tequila says on Jan 19, 2008, 16:18:

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Man Tequila says on Jan 19, 2008, 16:18:

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Man Tequila says on Jan 19, 2008, 16:19:

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Man Tequila says on Jan 19, 2008, 16:20:

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Man Tequila says on Jan 19, 2008, 16:20:

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Man Tequila says on Jan 19, 2008, 16:20:

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Man Tequila says on Jan 19, 2008, 16:21:

Nice pics, glad you enjoyed yourself.

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nueva york bombero says on Jan 19, 2008, 16:46:

thanks! off to the city now.....Ciao pues

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john_stark says on Jan 19, 2008, 21:31:

Very nice pics.

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billyb says on Jan 19, 2008, 21:48:

"got robbed in Baranquilla, let's see.....am I missing anything?"

WTF?? According to Elmo those things just don't happen in B'quilla :) BTW, very cool pics.

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eywed says on Jan 19, 2008, 21:52:

Billyb think of it like this, maybe those that dont get robbed dont have nothing to begin with. Nothing from nothing leves nothing!

Ay Hombe!!!!!

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nueva york bombero says on Jan 20, 2008, 08:30:

Isn't that a song?
Elmo was in on the robbery......
He saw our gringo asses coming from a mile away!!!

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