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bickerss says on Jan 14, 2008, 23:59:

read 4 stories on the girl blog and all i found was a whine about this and that. Wonder why someone like her travels. Maybe I just picked the four bad ones.

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el flaco says on Jan 15, 2008, 01:00:

That's what I found amusing especially as I'd been to all the places and loved them. Of course I travel ALONE.

After all the over positive comments on Colombia it's quite nice to read another viewpoint.

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JSM says on Jan 15, 2008, 15:30:

As this is actually my blog, I can answer 'bickerss' directly on that one: I didn't so much as choose to go to Colombia myself--I would say 'coerced' might be a better term, as it was my boyfriend who wished to go, and since I live with my boyfriend, and had to give up a lease and a job with my boyfriend and I love my boyfriend that means I'd go WITH my boyfriend.
This has been the first time in my life that I have really traveled like this, so I think given that understanding, it may make more sense as to why I might sound like I am "whining." I think the important thing is that I actually WENT and EXPERIENCED things in my own way instead of sitting on my couch wishing I could travel the world. Sorry I'm not such a savvy traveler as you.
And furthermore: 1) I'm a New Yorker, and as a New Yorker, that's what we do, we tell stories in a whining fashion. It's what made Seinfeld a billionaire; and finally 2) it's my blog, and I'm allowed to say whatever I damn please, whether it be whining or no. After all, I'm not the one who posted that link, and I didn't ask for it.

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JSM says on Jan 15, 2008, 15:34:

One afterthought: El Flaco, thanks for the link regardless and thank you for enjoying my perspective.

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bickerss says on Jan 15, 2008, 21:17:

No need to be sorry you are not a savy traveler - and yes, it is your blog, you can say what you will so pls continue whining your way to becoming the next Seinfeld!

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msaucey says on Jan 15, 2008, 21:45:

JSM...A trek to Ciudad Perdida is something you should definitely plan and not do on a whim....

Take it as a learning lesson in life, enjoy the fact that you did experience something that a lot of people will never do..... It's not called the Lost City for no reason.... But, sounds like you're more of a Hawaii Mai-Tai vacationer, if so, then you'll miss out in a lot of beauty...

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

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john_stark says on Jan 15, 2008, 22:10:

Are you, by any chance, Jewish, JSM?

What's a famous Jewish wine?
(In a nasal whine) When are we going to Florida?

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hieronymus says on Jan 16, 2008, 01:26:

JSM
My wife (Colombian) and I (German), we both read your blog from the end to the beginning, and both enjoyed it very much. It is definitely quite well written! We appreciated the personal, subjective perspective you take. A lot of peope just seem to copy their travel experiences from each other, that's why they (and we that follow their guidance) all end up at the same places...

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