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My Salsa Lessons From A Prostitute In Colombia

Matt Stabile — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:32:24 +0000

“Dude, if you wanna meet local girls you gotta be able to dance.” I avoided the tango in Buenos Aires, but it’s going to be hard to avoid salsa in the Caribbean. “I hate dancing.” “You’ve just gotta move your hips.” “I’ll need a few more of these first.” I [...]

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Ideas For Travel To South America This Fall

Matt Stabile — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:03:43 +0000

Is there nothing better than shipping off on a red-eye flight in the depth of a cold winter night and arrive, half-a-day later far on the other side of the Equator (assuming you’re coming from the north) in warm South America? Plants are budding, locals are excited about the onset [...]

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Gabriel García Márquez’s Colombia

Matt Stabile — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:43:13 +0000

This week Cartagena, Colombia, is getting the “walk-in-the-shoes-of-”blank” treatment from the NYT, with a look at the city through the eyes (and hands) of Gabriel García Márquez, perhaps Colombia’s most famous artistic export (outside of Shakira). Though they note the author never really lived there for much of his life [...]

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Travel Guide to Cartagena

Matt Stabile — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:14:32 +0000

Here’s the third and final video from my trip to Colombia: Cartagena. Cartagena is easily one of the most beautiful cities in the world and one of Colombia’s most popular cities to visit. In this video I wander the city’s picturesque “Old Town,” visit a museum dedicated to the city’s [...]

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Cartagena Nights

Matt Stabile — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:08:05 +0000

Cartagena is easily one of the most beautiful cities that I’ve ever seen, and that’s true during the day. After the sun goes down and the temperatures level off from their highs, Cartagena comes alive and shows off its true beauty.

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On The World’s Radar: Colombia

Matt Stabile — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:18:25 +0000

Does this happen to you too? As soon as you book a trip somewhere, it seems like everywhere you turn you start to see or hear news articles and stories about where you’re going. For me it seems like a day hasn’t gone by since I booked my trip to [...]

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Cartagena Is For Food Lovers

Matt Stabile — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:12:44 +0000

Cartagena, Colombia, has been experiencing a dramatic upsurge in the number of visitors over the last few years, with over a million in 2006 coming to see this colonial city on the Caribbean coast. Besides being named a UNESCO World Heritage Site as well as being one of the region’s [...]

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