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As if I haven’t belabored the point already, I’ll be heading to Colombia one week from today (Tuesday, November 18th) for my now annual Thanksgiving holiday pilgrimage to South America where I can truly celebrate the meaning of Thanksgiving, which is, um, well I’ll get back to you.<\/p>\n
Of course, while I’m down there I’ll be blogging every step of the way, from my arrival into Bogota, to my next stop in Cartagena, as well as my side-trip to the famed Tayrona National Park (as seen above). So be sure to check in beginning next Wednesday to follow along. For a little preview, here’s a great photo essay by National Geographic Traveler from their recent feature story on Colombia<\/a>.<\/p>\n As I’m typing I’m starting to think of things I need to do before I go:<\/p>\n 1) Stop being sick. Why do I come down with a cold every 3 months in New York? Why do cold germs in NYC seem to acquire superhuman powers and why do I succumb to their evil ways?<\/p>\n 2) Buy a travel alarm clock. I’ve gone through two in the past year alone. The first lasted a good two days before crapping out. The second weighed more than most standard barbells and went off at random times throughout the day — and of course inevitably every time I was boarding a plane.<\/p>\n 3) Open a Capital One bank account. Did you know they don’t charge fees for ATM withdrawals in other countries? Now if I could only convince them to pay me a fee every time I used an ATM I could probably finance this entire trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As if I haven’t belabored the point already, I’ll be heading to Colombia one week from today (Tuesday, November 18th) for my now annual Thanksgiving holiday pilgrimage to South America where I can truly celebrate the meaning of Thanksgiving, which is, um, well I’ll get back to you. Of course, while I’m down there I’ll […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,2580],"tags":[73],"yoast_head":"\n