Denver, USA to Europe, July 2020 My one-way ticket Denver – Dallas- Amsterdam – Belgrade on American Airlines was $600. It was for Wednesday, 22nd of July, which was only 4 days away. I intentionally bought it for the next cheap flight to have more chances to leave as planned. The tickets to and from […]
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“Travel, which is nearly always seen as an attempt to escape from the ego, is in my opinion the opposite. Nothing induces concentration or inspires memory like an alien landscape of a foreign culture. It is simply not possible (as romantics think) to lose yourself in an exotic place. Much more likely is an experience
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A quick round trip from Denver to Houston was a necessity. Otherwise, I would never venture into a COVID-19 hotspot amid the pandemic. The thing is that once a year, I must show up at a Russian consulate to confirm that I am alive. A notary public could issue a paper certificate in Colorado where
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My husband, Sergey, and I got up at 4 a.m. Our breakfast was leftover pizza from the last night’s dinner. I was on edge and could barely swallow a cold slimy slice of pizza. Our guide, Luis, met us at the hotel at 4.45 a.m. and we walked to a bus stop. The first morning
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Nicaragua So the big climb was scheduled for the following day, Sunday. My husband and I had all Saturday for ourselves and spent it exploring the island. We began with a pool called Ojo de Agua or Eye of water. It is a natural spring pool filled with water from an underground river that comes
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Costa Rica On Friday, my husband and I left Playa Hermosa for Nicaragua. First, we took the bus back to Liberia where we changed to another bus to Peñas Blancas. This town is the official border crossing between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The border formalities for us were simple. We paid a small exit fee
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Playa Hermosa This 2-week trip to Central America covered two countries – Costa Rica and Nicaragua. My husband and I were going first to Costa Rica, then we traveled by bus to Nicaragua and returned to a different Costa Rica city to fly home. The trip was supposed to achieve two goals – to see
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Cartagena (continued) Our last day in Colombia was on the beach. We wanted to dip into the Caribbean before going home to our landlocked Colorado. It took a while to find the right tour. In the end, out of all available beach trips, we chose to go to Playa Blanca. It was for a day
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Castillo San Felipe de Barajas This post is going to be mostly photos and little text. Cartagena is so colorful that I wanted to take a picture of every street in its arts district Getsemani. These photos got to be posted somewhere. Rest assured that I have a lot more pictures but I have to
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Old town of Cartagena This fortress sits on top of the Hill of San Lázaro outside of the Walled town of Cartagena. The Spanish built it in the 1600s to protect the city after it was occupied and looted by Sir Francis Drake. The Castillo was cleverly designed. Its complex consists of several individual forts
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