Coffee: Everything I Didn’t Know About My Favorite Drink
Did you know that coffee is the second most valuable traded commodity? (The first is petroleum.) The world drinks 2.25 billion cups of coffee each and every day. The word […]
Tag Archives: Colombia
Cost of South America Travel: April and May 2015
Travel Expense Summary for April and May 2015 Having just spent 16 days in Portugal I realize what a bargain we had in South America. No more $50 days; it’s […]
The Dangers of Travel to Colombia
Danger #1: Suffering a Heart Attack Sticker shock – seeing all those zeroes makes your heart stop! Our hostel accommodations were between 75,000 – 101,000 Colombian pesos – and the knee […]
A Journey Through Colombia
We have arrived in Bogotá where we’ll spend the last 3 days of our Colombian Journey. It’s hard to believe we’ve been on the road 15 weeks and yet it […]
About a Heart
Twenty years ago a 5-year-old boy stayed in our Oregon home in order to undergo lifesaving heart surgery. Christián and his mother were waiting for us with a welcome […]
About a Boy
Warning bells tolled and lights flashed as the arms of the railroad crossing barriers came down across the road to block our way. Looking in the rear view mirror at […]
Ecuador Road Trip
Over the last 17 days we’ve traveled long days on buses, have stayed in 7 different places and seen beautiful countryside at many different elevations! Sometimes we think the landscape […]
