phillyguy has written 3 posts

land travel from baq to ctg

I am locked into flight to Barranquilla, but my plans have changed and I need to get to Cartegena. I assume that one of the "taxis" (minivans with 6 to 8 passengers) would be a reasonable price/comfort compromise. I have taken these minivans before, e.g. from the bus terminal bogota to villavicencio and back (through really beautiful country). Some questions: Where is the bus/taxi terminal in Baq where one can catch a minivan to CTG? How far from the airport is this terminal? On average, ho ...

By phillyguy on 2008-06-05 07:13:49. 9 comments.

nothing but the truth

Seen in today's philly inquirer: AP, Bogota, Colombia - The hit game show Nothing but the Truth has been canceled after a contestant won $20,000 for admitting she hired someone to kill her husband...Rosa Marie Solano admitted.."the crime couldn't be carried out because the hit man tipped off my husband and he ran away forever..." Contestants attached to a lie detector machine answer 21 increasingly invasive questions to win up to $50,000... On the Colombian version, contestants confessed ...

By phillyguy on 2007-10-11 09:57:21. 7 comments.

Montoya article

ESPN has an article about the Montoya's following in Colombia. It's under "NASCAR", then "Montoya Mania".

By phillyguy on 2007-07-06 11:49:03. 2 comments.