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I made it!  Yes, a year ago today I set foot on a plane with a one way ticket and a wad in the bank, partly wondering what the heck am I thinking, but on the other hand, overjoyed with the possibilities ahead.  I wasn´t sure I´d make it a year.  My sister and I joked that if I came back early she´d hide me in her basement and I would tap out blog entries from there, pretending to be abroad.  Heck, maybe the stories I could´ve fabricated would´ve been more adventurous....

After an overnight bus ride south of Bogota I arrived in San Agustin around 8am and after resting for a little bit I headed out to see the archaeolgical park with the mysterious statues. The countryside was nice and green with deep rolling hills, while the town itself was smaller than any place I had been in Colombia so far, which was nice for a change. It was a short 3 km walk to the park past lots of restaurants and small hotels and hostels. The statues in the park were really amazing, ther...

I´m spending around 1 year in South America, I´ve had an amazing time. Enjoy my pictures.

I went for New Year's. I have family there and went there to celebrate New Year's. Celebrating New Years in Bogota was an unbelievable experience.

We arrived yesterday on the 6am bus from Popayan. It was so bumpy and dusty. The road is actually only 160km from Popayan to San Augustin, but takes 5 to 6 hours due to it being unpaved and windy. We booked into El Maco, which is about 1km out of town and walked into town to book a jeep tour as we had been stopped by a guide once off the bus. Couldn't find him anywhere so we went to the tourism office and asked if we could book - no luck there, although they did give us a free map of the area...

During my studies I did 2 missions of 3 months each in Colombia as part of a joint project between the University of Geneva and the Colombian Geological Survey. The objective was to study one particular aspect of the formation of the Andes, in the South of the country, between Cali and Pasto. That was a perfect way to discover a new country, practice a new language; a great opportunity to get to know the warm Colombian people, and drive thousands of kilometers in the most remote Andean areas.

Flies do not enter a closed mouth. Colombian proverb.