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Nineteen months since my first emotional glimpse of an Orangutan in this living Eden, I was returning to Borneo ... more educated, and humbled by the daunting task that lay ahead for humanity...<br />
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Orangutans are disappearing, with the relentless growth of the timber, paper, and <a href="http://www.orangutan.org.au/palm-oil" target="_blank">Palm Oil</a> industries.</div>
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The fabled Great Apes ... need a 21st century Green Economy.<br />
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Sustainable alternatives must be provided to people, else they will remain enslaved to globalized resource exploitation. Leading <i>world </i>technologies for human empowerment, with 'Green' economic opportunities, should offer direct incentives to protect nature.<br />
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<li>Technology must be leveraged for global alternatives to timber, pulp and palm oil from rainforests.</li>
<li>We must assist Great Ape nations adopt a Green Economy - where technological investments will 'reduce carbon emissions and pollution, enhance energy and resource efficiency, and prevent the loss of biodiversity' as defined by the <a href="http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/" target="_blank">UNEP</a>. </li>
<li>Conservation technologies - forest management, satellite GPS monitoring in environmental protection, solar, sustainable farming, computerized networks, mobile devices - <i>must be funded by wealthy nations</i>, to advance employment and preservation. </li>
<li>Mobile money is transforming Africa already. A mobile app should create a 'Green Guardians' network of accredited nationals, with e-payment remunerations from state and abroad.</li>
<li>Payments to locals for ecotourism and green biospheres must be economic incentives, in exchange for becoming a part of conservation technology and habitat protection.</li>
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Your first gaze at Hong Kong island, from Kowloon island, and you'll be stumped ... a Manhattan-esque city set against the backdrop of a near rainforest?<br />
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If you're passing through Hong Kong on limited time, take the fast Airport Express Line train from the airport to Kowloon island, 20 minutes, or Hong Kong, 24 minutes. Trains run every 12 minutes. It's a good idea to get off at Kowloon and enjoy the views.<br />
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Once in Kowloon, walk around and make your way to the Promenade.<br />
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The Avenue of Stars is pretty silly, but hey you're outside on a sunny day.<br />
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Take in the nice views of Hong Kong island, across the water.<br />
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Board one of the famous 'Star' ferries, and head over to Hong Kong.<br />
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Once on Hong Kong island, walk around or hop an open decker bus to Victoria Peak.<br />
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Your travel photographer promises to return to Hong Kong for a longer stay, and get past the tourist surface and into local faces and culture, as with <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/01/colombia-warning-she-is-bewitching-you.html">Colombia </a>for example.<br />
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It's bright. Rather chaotic. Hurried. Yet charming and relaxed.<br />
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Bangkok is loved by many veteran travelers ... many marry and settle here ... and for others simply a conduit to get to Thailand's famed beaches.<br />
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On a short visit, Bangkok might just as well be about exotic food and the chill Thai state of mind.<br />
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Bangkok is obviously easy to get to ... it's a major South East Asian city with flights from anywhere in the world.<br />
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Backpackers flock to Khao San Road, for decades a backpacker hostel hangout ... now with artsy boutique hotels getting in the game.<br />
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By day, a relaxed, walk-friendly promenade of sorts to chill, eat, and drink a tropical juice ... or half a dozen ... to relieve the heat.<br />
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By night, a festive melange of impromptu food stalls, shining lights, gaudy shops, discos, and the obligatory massage parlors.<br />
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Bangkok street food is almost hallowed in backpacker lore ...<br />
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... some of it definitely, um, different...<br />
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.. but cheap, plentiful, and downright delicious.<br />
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Come morning, succumb to the incessant pestering of shady tuk tuk drivers and go for a crazy ride around town...<br />
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... or, far better, walk a stone's throw to the Chao Praya river, and roll down the river for as long as you want, for pennies, watching life along this great artery.<br />
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Short on time? Arrange for a one-day guided van tour through your hotel desk the next day, of some unique sights.<br />
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A market on train tracks ...<br />
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... which moves off the tracks in seconds as a train approaches slowly...as if by magic, but the key to the deft trick being rollers under the carts and tarps.<br />
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A few beautiful temples ...<br />
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... some with a twist<br />
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... but always drawing the faithful<br />
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And finally, the amazing floating markets ...<br />
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Bangkok screams out to the cultural traveler for a longer stay, to go beyond the tourist surface, and make friends and understand this city of calm amidst the din and dusty skies.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">E</span>xpansive. Deep. Laid back. Simple. Eager to befriend. Colombia's Amazon will steal your heart.<br />
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A fascinating, welcoming country, <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/01/colombia-warning-she-is-bewitching-you.html">Colombia</a> is blowing stereotypes out of the water ... from the beauty of its people, to a diverse landscape from Caribbean waters to Andean mountains to the rivers and jungles of the Amazonas.<br />
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For most travelers, a trip to the exotic expanse of the Amazon in Colombia, starts in Leticia.<br />
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There are no roads leading into the southern Amazon from inside Colombia ... at all. Flying in from Bogota, or arriving by boat on the Amazon river from Peru or Brazil, or simply walking or scootering in from next door Tabatinga, Brazil, are the only ways to get in.<br />
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Leticia's river passages leading into the Amazon can take your breath away.<br />
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Quite entertainingly for most first time visitors, Leticia's waters are the point where <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/09/brazilian-beach-life-naturally-athletic.html">Brazil</a>, <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/07/machu-picchu-hidden-surreal-mystique-of.html">Peru</a> and Colombia meet on the great river...known as Tres Fronteras in Spanish and Três Fronteiras in Portuguese.<br />
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A sunset on the Amazon, with three countries embracing you, is spectacular ... something to email home about, with a photo.<br />
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Absolutely safe, with a heavy militarized presence, Leticia is a small, unassuming frontier town with a relaxed tenor.<br />
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The pirarucu is a very large Amazonian fish that can measure up to two meters long.<br />
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Leticians are keen to get to know you... if you don't act too much like a tourist, here only to get your money's worth of the Amazon, with scant regard for her people that make this place so special. You might make friends easily within hours of arriving, and be welcomed into their homes. Ah, how Jose Cuervo unites people around the globe.<br />
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This host's home was on a street pretty much like any quiet street back in your own hometown ... except that she spoke Spanish and her next door neighbor spoke Portuguese. Yes, Leticia and Tabatinga are like two neighborhoods seamlessly interlacing each other ... giving rise to an obligatory photo op like the one above outside her home ... right foot in Brazil, left foot in Colombia. You can wander about in Tabatinga, no visa needed, no questions asked. Colombian pesos are accepted in Tabatinga: 1 Mil (1,000) Pesos = 1 Real.<br />
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Before heading off into the jungle, most tourists will give tiny Santa Rosa, Peru, just a 4 minute boat ride from Leticia, a whirl. Santa Rosa is also the place where you'd catch a fast or slow boat upriver to Iquitos, Peru...8-12 hours away, for about US$70 for the fast one.<br />
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Santa Rosa makes no bones about being a tourist transit point - as evidenced by the proverbial semi-captive Toucan who quite stately keeps an eye on the comings and goings...<br />
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And of course if you love <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/09/brazilian-beach-life-naturally-athletic.html">Brazil</a>... and crave the beautiful sound of Portuguese, or simply want to check it off your list of countries visited, simply walk or take a motorcycle taxi into Tabatinga ... a steamier town with a 'nightlife', but classic dockside views.<br />
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So the inevitable question, asked sooner or later: 'How do I pick a jungle tour operator?'<br />
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A chain smoking hippie, Alejandro Carrasquilla met the writer over a beer in Leticia and set up a plan ... meet a Ticuna community deep in the Amazon in the Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu region and explore life in the jungle.<br />
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Centuries-long denizens of the Amazon, the Ticuna people have their own language, and a classic Amazonian way of life - hunting, fishing, gathering. Today, kids go to school, and some youngsters leave to work in Leticia, but the community tries to preserve its culture as much as possible.<br />
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Freshly caught Amazonian fish, including piranha, will be cooked for all.<br />
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<li>For airlines within Colombia, this is a helpful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airlines_of_Colombia" target="_blank">list</a> . Aires usually has the best promos.</li>
<li>All internal flights to Leticia route through Bogota. You can fly from say, Cali, to Leticia, but the flight will stop first in BOG and a change of planes may be required..</li>
<li>Leticia is safe, with a heavy militarized presence.</li>
<li>If you're arriving from within Colombia, you do not have to get a stamp in your passport. But if you're arriving from Peru or Brasil, you need to get an exit stamp from those countries in Santa Rosa or Tabatinga, then go from the docks to the Leticia airport and get a stamp from the DAS office; there's also a DAS office in the Leticia town center, not sure what it provides.</li>
<li>If you only have a backpack, simply walk from the airport to the town center - 10 minutes. Or take an inexpensive moto-taxi (motorcycle) or moto-carro (a 3-wheel taxi).</li>
<li>You can use the same coveyance modes, or simply walk, between Leticia and Tabatinga. No visa required. Tabatinga is much bigger than Leticia; to get to Policia Federal you'll definitely want to take a moto taxi.</li>
<li>You need to take a boat from Leticia to tiny Santa Rosa, 3-4 minutes. No visa required to visit.</li>
<li>There are quite a few hotels in Leticia; refer to your guidebook or simply walk around the small town center and ask for rates.</li>
<li>If you're leaving Colombia from Leticia, say to go via boat to Manaus in Brasil or Iquitos in Peru, you need to get an exit stamp from the DAS office in Leticia and get an entry stamp either at the Policia Federal office in Tabatinga, Brasil, or at the port in Santa Rosa, Peru, before your boat journey.</li>
<li>A fast boat upriver to Iquitos is about US$70 and takes 8-9 hours.</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">S</span>itting atop eerily silent Wayna Picchu, looking down on Machu Picchu...the lost city of the Incas, one may feel as a lone Inca might have felt five hundred years ago looking out over this epic mountainscape from that very same rock...<br />
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Around Cusco, the beautiful Sacred Valley comprising breathtaking scenery and a number of spectacular ruins is a must see for every tourist.<br />
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Buy a a boleto turístico at any one of the sites like Pisac and Ollantaytambo, and enjoy your visits to all sites in the Sacred Valley with this ticket.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Backpackers salivate at the prospect of doing a multiple day hike to Machu Picchu along the Inca Trail, or a couple of alternate trails.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Backpackers who do one of the alternate hiking or partial minibus trails to Machu Picchu instead such as a night bus from Cusco to Santa Maria, continue on to Santa Teresa and enjoy a fantastic thermal bath here. Santa Teresa is the end point of the Salkantay trek as well.<br />
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Aguas Calientes is a small base village set up for the relenteless hordes of tourists making their pilgrimage to Machu Picchu.<br />
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You must make your way through the obligatory trinket market to get into town. Buy something ... this is their livelihood.<br />
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The entrance to Machu Picchu with the added option to climb Wayna Picchu, costs around 150 soles or US$ 55. It's 126 soles if you don't choose to climb Wayna. Also buy your bus-shuttle ticket that same afternoon from another office in town. You will need to have your passport.<br />
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Stay at one of the many hostels or hotels in town. Walk up the main steep incline and ask for rates. Walk in rates are usually the best unless it's mad tourist season.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the sun about to break over the mountains, visitors file in slowly, almost solemnly, into Machu Picchu.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">UNESCO World Heritage Convention states: Standing 2,430 m above sea level, in the midst of a tropical mountain forest in an extraordinarily beautiful setting, Machu Picchu was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height. Its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. It appears to date from the period of the two great Incas, Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui (1438-71) and Tupac Inca Yupanqui (1472-93). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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You walk along Machu Picchu to reach Wayna (or Huyana) Picchu. You stand in line till the gate opens, then sign in at the hut, and make your way towards your climb.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Be reasonably fit, not necessarily an athlete. It may seem daunting, but a smile will get you going.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A long, snaking trail winds its way up the tall and imposing Wayna Picchu. Handrails at especially steep spots ease the hardship of the climb for many.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A good night's sleep and little to no alcohol in your system would come in really handy here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Many people pause and catch their breath at intervals, and admire the magnificent views.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">About 30 meters from the very top, a beautiful little plateau breaks the hard climb, and provides your first opportunity to sit and take in the surreal sight of Machu Picchu from high above.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The grandness of Machu Picchu, seen from Wayna Picchu, is so mesmerizing that many climbers stay transfixed at this spot for an hour.</div><br />
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The view of the river and of the ruins of Machu Picchu are spectacular.<br />
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Awed and rested, make your way up a remaining incline, including a tight tunnel-cave.<br />
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You've made it. You're on top of Wayna Picchu, with brilliant 360 degree views.<br />
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After an hour or so of taking in the splendor, you're ready to climb down Wayna Picchu ... an easier effort.<br />
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Pose at a Wayna Picchu sign on the way down, to let the world know you conquered it.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A place of ethereal beauty, Machu Picchu quietens and inspires the soul ... and you may well come back another time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Perhaps you backpacked your way through South America to Machu Picchu. Or you flew in from your home country to Lima and then Cusco. Care to round out your trip to Machu Picchu with another iconic destination? On your return to Cusco, rest up, and the next day catch a train or bus to Puno ... you're on your way to go see South America's largest and the world's highest navigable lake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Many travelers need to make their way to Cusco and Machu Picchu by way of Lima, or pause here on their way home.<br />
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As far as large South American cities go, Lima is a coolly fashionable town. Miraflores has the bluffs and a scenic view of the coastline. Paragliding right from the bluffs is popular. The restaurants are gourmet. The people are diverse...indicating the tapestry of Peru. The weather can suck.<br />
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<ol style="text-align: left;"><li>For flights and airlines within Peru, this is a helpful <a href="http://www.go2peru.com/flights_airlines_peru.htm" target="_blank">site</a>. Star Peru and Peruvian Airlines are usually the cheapest.</li>
<li>Book your Machu Picchu tickets ahead of your trip. See <a href="http://www.machupicchutickets.com/" target="_blank">www.machupicchutickets.com</a></li>
<li>Buy your Perurail tickets in advance as well, at <a href="http://www.perurail.com/en/booking.php" target="_blank">www.perurail.com/en/booking.php</a></li>
<li>Walk in rates at hotels, hostels and pousadas are usually the best, but if you're traveling during high season, book in advance. Also, a concierge service at the airports has a kiosk where they can book a hotel from a large selection of hotels for you. Low rates and bargaining are possible through this service.</li>
<li>Cusco is at a high altitude. Many tourists like to first go to <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/02/arequipa-peru-friendly-people-beautiful.html">Arequipa</a>, adjust to the lower altitude there, and then travel to Cusco. You should give yourself at least 2-3 days in the Cusco and Sacred Valley area to acclimate. Altitude sickness and stomach upsets are real dangers.</li>
<li>Cusco has excellent restaurants around Plaza de Armas and Plaza de San Blas. </li>
<li>Safety: While Cusco is safe, this writer has heard of a few dodgy areas away from the plazas. Women should watch out for spiked drinks ... pretty much anywhere in overtouristed small towns across South America. Aguas and Machu Picchu are both safe. Trails: always be in a group of males and females.</li>
<li>The cheapest way to get from Cusco to Puno is by bus.</li>
<li>Taxis in towns are aplenty, and cheap.</li>
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My long trip to South East Asia would cover much ground over several weeks. But my heart was beating for Borneo long before I ever caught a flight.<br />
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It is said that Orangutans once roamed the entire island of Borneo, from coast to coast, without ever leaving the trees.<br />
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Like most people, I had seen the documentaries on Orang-utans....gentle, big primates that caught the world's fancy with their orange-copper coats, deceptively languorous moves, threatened survival in disappearing rainforest, and their curiosity of humans.. perhaps born of a very close DNA resemblance between the two.<br />
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I had also heard whispers about a unique species of elephant, sometimes seen in the jungles of Borneo - the Bornean Pygmy Elephant. Would I be so lucky as to catch sight of these elusive pachyderms?<br />
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I flew in from mainland Malaysia to Borneo, an island shared by Malaysia, Indonesia and tiny Brunei. Borneo is the third largest island in the world, after Greenland and New Guinea. The Bornean rainforest is apparently the oldest rainforest in the world at 130 million years, about 70 million years older than the Amazon in Brazil.<br />
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From the air, I could immediately see why there's concern about Borneo, and the future of its endemic species of orangutans, clouded leopards, pygmy elephants, monkeys, and all manner of giant birds. Rainforest has been stripped to make way for palm oil plantations.<br />
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Palm oil is a cash crop here. According to nature conservation organizations, palm oil is so ubiquitous in consumer goods .. from soaps and ice cream to cosmetics and biofuels .. that its cultivation in Malaysia and Indonesia has resulted in massive rainforest destruction and the threatened extinction of wildlife, including orangutans.<br />
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Upon landing at Kuching airport in Sarawak, which is western Malaysian Borneo, I could barely contain my excitement. With nary a concern for hotel or hostel accommodation or food, I caught a taxi straight for <strong><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-nr-semenggoh.html" target="_blank">Semenggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation</a></span></strong>.<br />
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Once widely spread over Southeast Asia, only two populations of orangutans remain in the wild, in Borneo and Sumatra. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature mentions that some 50,000 orangutans live in Borneo, while in Sumatra deforestation and hunting has reduced the great apes to about 7,000 individuals. </div>
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The sweet, and surprisingly fashionable, capital of Sarawak, Kuching can get addictive quickly with her cool people, proximity to the great wildlife areas of Sarawak, gourmet food, and a relaxed pace.<br />
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I wouldn't have time for the Bako National Park on this trip, to see proboscis monkeys, but I was soon to see them, and other mind bending creatures in the wild. From Kuching I would fly to Borneo's eastern state of Sabah, and was I in for a wildlife adventure of my life.<br />
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Stretching 560km from southwest Sabah to the Sulu Sea in the east, the Kinabatangan River is one of the world's premiere ecosystems, and home arguably to the largest concentration of wildlife in south east Asia.</div>
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I flew from Kuching to Sabah's city of Kota Kinabalu and then to Sandakan on inexpensive and excellent AirAsia flights. I was short on time in Sabah, so once in Sandakan, I took a taxi straight to a tour company's office, who booked and drove me to their Kinabatangan River Lodge. You should plan your trip so you're not flying by the seat of your pants like I was, and set up a longer stay with either your tour outfit or with <a href="http://www.sukauhomestay.com/Welcome.html" target="_blank">homestays</a> in the small village of Sukau. <br />
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Tourism provides employment. I noticed that visitors at the lodge did not make an attempt to befriend the locals... and I was not surprised as I see this on all my travels. They were missing out. My Bornean friends were a delight, and one of the biggest reasons I will return to Borneo ... to understand the culture better.<br />
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In my limited understanding of life, I think that our self indulgence and our media fixation - all of us who live in cities spread around the world divorced from any real relationship with nature - drives consumerism, which drives corporations to seek out natural resources anywhere on the planet. And when someone is willing to buy, someone is willing to sell. We can't point a finger at Borneo. When a guy has to pay his house mortgage in the US or Europe or anywhere .. whether he's a workerbee or a CEO .. he will sell himself to a corporation that will globally source and package a product for money.<br />
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Did someone say "Adventure, Romance, Mystical, Jungle, Peaks, Sand" ... all in the same breath?<br />
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<em>St Lucia, Caribbean.</em><br />
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Be prepared to dream of that ideal vacation with your friend or lover ... on second thoughts, why dream? Come!<br />
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You may lose sense of time ... a sweepingly lush volcanic island, Saint Lucia's mystical mountains and valleys, symbolized by the twin Pitons, will lure you into her deep abode.<br />
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</div>You can take in St Lucia and Grenada on the same visit ... owing to their proximity to each other and their similar, soca loving populaces.<br />
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St Lucia's population of about 190,000 is spread over urban and rural areas on an island that spans 240 sq miles. Castries, the capital, contains more than a third of the populace.<br />
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Her music loving denizens are predominantly of African and mixed African-European descent.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and show me why Grenada is called <strong>'The Spice Island'</strong>... right from the pickings in their backyard!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nolan's kids are super cute, and my day of adventure finally comes to an end in the company of friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would venture to add another moniker to Grenada:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15085808393523360198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124172872091138117.post-53711710321123011172011-02-15T16:29:00.000-08:002011-10-11T18:56:14.400-07:00Ecuador ~ The real South America, on Octane. Buckle up.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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You say you want to see the real South America? Villages lost in time, women in bowler hats, wild horses, livestock markets, mountains, snowy volcanoes, waterfalls, colonial architecture, oceans, amazon jungle, thermal springs ...</div><br />
<em>And</em> you want to straddle the Equator with a foot in either hemisphere?<br />
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<em>And</em> you want to experience the spectacle that inspired Darwin's Origin of Species?<br />
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Better flick your fingertips over that keyboard and grab the next flight out ... <br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><em><strong>Ecuador's got it !</strong></em></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">From a cute-as-a-button lass leaving you utterly defenseless in her bid to sell you her shawls, to wild horses roaming in the chill of desolate active volcanoes, Ecuador will weave its web of magic on you quicker than you can say '<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps" closure_uid_gnupgf="77" title="Click for alternate translations">América del Sur'.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Ah, can you feel Ecuador in your breath? Ethereal, open, natural, timeless.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><strong>Quito</strong></span></div><br />
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At 2,800 metres (9,200 ft), Quito is the second-highest capital city in the world .. after La Paz, Bolivia.<br />
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The first city to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Krakow, Poland, in 1978, there are many Quito sights to take in... from a monument to the Virgin Mary atop El Panecillo to the famous Basilica, in and around the classic Old Town.<br />
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The countryside around Quito has it all... little pueblos, open country, horses, llamas, active volcanoes.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Otavaleña women are distinctive in their white embroidered blouses, with flared lace sleeves, and dark long skirts. Thick black hair is tied back with a band of woven material, in color coordination with waist bands. Gold strings of beads adorn their necks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Ecuador is a hidden gem. Most people pass on it for <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/02/arequipa-peru-friendly-people-beautiful.html">Peru</a> or Argentina. They are missing out. Ecuador packs a powerful punch...from the beauty of its landscape to the authenticity of its populace.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-coXfI9Fh_a4/TVSZ4yQAJGI/AAAAAAAAAdE/TQr-NI8cQ7Q/s1600/IMG_0475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-coXfI9Fh_a4/TVSZ4yQAJGI/AAAAAAAAAdE/TQr-NI8cQ7Q/s400/IMG_0475.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyone who has ever been to Peru will tell you they fell hopelessly in love.</span></strong><br />
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This is the South America of legend. Women in classic hats and babies in back satchels. Plazas that echo a colonial past...with an indigenous fervor. Shy, smiling, curious faces. A relaxed pace of life.<br />
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Holding its own to the lights and sexuality of Lima, and the epic beauty of Cusco and her Sacred Valley, Arequipa is an authentic Peruvian city-town in the south, and she will charm you with her wiles ... beautiful, outdoorsy, sensual, sociable.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">I arrived in sunny Arequipa from Chile. After libatious <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/01/chile-santiago-and-valparaiso.html">Santiago</a> and bohemian <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/01/valparaiso-chile-bohemia-is-alive.html">Valparaiso</a>, Arequipa was a reconnection to <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps" closure_uid_tud3ey="119" title="Click for alternate translations">América</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_tud3ey="120" title="Click for alternate translations">del Sur</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_tud3ey="121" title="Click for alternate translations">auténtica.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="hps" closure_uid_tud3ey="121" title="Click for alternate translations"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The name <em>Arequipa</em> may have come from the Aymara people, where "ari" meant 'summit' and "quipa" was "laying behind". Famous volcanoes like El Misti are visible behind the cathedral right from Palza de Armas.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Beautiful dresses are worn with pride by Arequipenas on special occasions.<br />
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The sights, so normal to the denizens, a banquet for tourists.<br />
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</div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15085808393523360198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124172872091138117.post-31368085761260228452011-01-28T17:40:00.000-08:002011-09-10T00:50:12.459-07:00Valparaiso, Chile... BOHEMIA is alive!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yE8xD2zkGBI/TZPQCcfKrQI/AAAAAAAAA9I/6tLEQJJnLrg/s1600/IMG_0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" r6="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yE8xD2zkGBI/TZPQCcfKrQI/AAAAAAAAA9I/6tLEQJJnLrg/s400/IMG_0036.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Just two hours by bus along a nice freeway from <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/01/chile-santiago-and-valparaiso.html">Santiago</a>, Valparaiso is a whole different world from Chile's capital. You'll be kicking yourself for not coming here sooner from dull Santiago.<br />
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Like a watercolor painting, this wacky, rough and tumble Chilean coastal hill town is living art. The 'cerros' or hills are alive with the vibrant colors of modest homes and the soft sounds of people along labyrinthine cobblestone paths.<br />
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A place to be unhurried and soak in the vibe of another era where artists paint in nooks overlooking the harbor, funiculars or ascensors ride up the cerros with their small cargo of excited tourists and bemused locals, women talk to each other out of upstairs windows of pastel cottages and cats guard homes and alleyways, Valparaíso was declared a World Heritage Site in 2003.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">A sweetie, she took me by the arm and waited at a curb with me till a 'collectivo' taxi came by with Alegre on its rooftop. She gave the driver specific instructions, and to take care of me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I thanked her and kissed her on the cheek .. it's what you do in Latin America.. she said, "<span class="hps" closure_uid_p6u8n9="362" title="Click for alternate translations">Tenga</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_p6u8n9="363" title="Click for alternate translations">cuidado</span><span closure_uid_p6u8n9="364" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_p6u8n9="365" title="Click for alternate translations">Esta</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_p6u8n9="366" title="Click for alternate translations">zona</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_p6u8n9="367" title="Click for alternate translations">puede ser</span> <span class="hps" closure_uid_p6u8n9="368" title="Click for alternate translations">peligroso". Be careful. This area can be dangerous.</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
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Ah, I needn't have worried! The collectivo driver, a gentlemanly sort, drove madly up the winding hills and brought me to the bohemia I was in search of. The fare for the 20 minute ride to paradise... 50 cents! I gave him a handsome tip, and thanked him profusely.<br />
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My first sight of the cerros of Valparaiso! I was smitten. This was the beautiful, nutty, colorful, old timey harbor hill town I had read about.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
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Yes, yes I had arrived in Valpo ... albeit under the watchful gaze of cats protecting these old but proud homes, as if they knew theirs was no ordinary town.<br />
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Thanks to my Lonely Planet guidebook, I browsed around a few hostels, and ultimately settled on a charismatic and warmly cavernous 100 year old two storey home in Cerro Allegre, <a href="http://www.residenciaenelcerro.cl/fotos/" target="_blank">Residencia en el Cerro Pierre Loti 51</a> Hospedaje, beautifully kept by its owner who dotes on her guests.</div><div style="border: currentColor; text-align: right;"><br />
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The wall paintings and graffiti art lend a carefree artistic charm to this town that I was quickly developing an infatuation with.<br />
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The same 'ol Caribbean, right? Bright blue waters, lazy days in the sand, a skip in a yacht, jeep tours, reggae nights? </div>
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Listen to that sweet soca music. Now you gotta Wuk up, Wuk up!!</div>
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Yeah, yeah this is the land of Barbadians, '<em>Bajans', </em>and nothing defines a party time Bajan like soul dedication to soca and that sensual gyration of the waist and hips ... seeming to move independently and at impossible angles to the rest of the body.</div>
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Can you wuk up like a Bajan? NO you can't! Unless you're from Trinidad or maybe Dominican Republic..</div>
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So my friends, grab your shorts and your bikinis, and your headdress, leave your worries and your senses behind, and fly over to Bajan nation ... make sure it's July/August, and mark a big 'ol red circle on your calendar around <i>Crop Over Summer Festival... Barbados! </i><br />
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Barbados is a first class holiday ... fine beaches, upper crust resorts beyond my game, amazing seafood at Oistens Market! Come to Barbados.</div>
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According to Barbados.org: The Crop Over Festival's origins can be traced back to the 1780's, a time when Barbados was the world's largest producer of sugar. At the end of the sugar season, there was always a huge celebration to mark the culmination of another successful sugar cane harvest - the <i>Crop Over</i> celebration.<br />
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I flew into Barbados after a few run of the mill beach days at St Maarten. My Bajan friends swung me out to wild soca parties. Yes, yes, I was feelin it! I was in a different universe.</div>
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Soca is furious, rhythmic music. From Wikipedia: "Besides its African roots, soca is a musical development of traditional Trinidadian calypso, gospel and parang through loans from the 1960s onwards from predominantly black popular music in the United States and Caribbean – (soul, funk, disco, electric blues, hip hop and rap, and zouk from the French Caribbean islands of Martinique & Guadeloupe, as well as reggae (specifically from deejaying, known as toasting in Jamaica in the 1970s), and the more melodic form of modern Jamaican dancehall. Strong elements are also taken from the rhythms of chutney music, which is popular music originated in Trinidad and Tobago's large minority Asian Indians".<br />
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I got to see one of the most amazing soca bands in existence - Krosfyah. Oh yeah...the party had started.</div>
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<em>Whole night we wukkin </em></div>
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So the celebrations in Barbados (and in Trinidad & Tobago) are off the hizzy. Soca, sweat, wukkin up, mud swingin crawls, all nighters, they've got 'em all.</div>
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Having been to the Carnaval in Brazil, Bajan Crop Over Festival rocked me for the up close and personal experience of partying with dancing Bajans.</div>
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A land of hauntingly beautiful faces, diverse landscapes from coast to mountains to the expanse of the Amazon, exuberant friendliness, deliriously feet moving music... <span style="color: cyan;"><i>Colombia is blowing stereotypes out of the water.</i></span><br />
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Step foot inside Colombia... and you'll never be the same again. Colombians have such a boundless ardor for life, music, friends, family, dance ...you'll fall under a spell, and will return again and again. A country hidden from the world for so long, Colombia is on the cultural travel map again!</div>
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Most people around the world hold on to anachronistic images of Colombia, and are afraid to visit. This photographer's trip proved otherwise. Colombia is open for business ... and the time of your life. </div>
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This writer landed in Medellin, a city set in a beautiful valley where spring is perennial and undiscovered covergirl faces appear at every turn. Medellin would be the prologue to the utter shock of discovery of Colombia in its culture, music, diversity and joy for life.<br />
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Visiting first in December, the writer was thrown headlong into Colombia's colorful, bright Christmas celebrations or <em>ferias</em>.</div>
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There was an indescribable sensuousness about just being in Colombia. Unconsciously, the writer's senses started to seek out her soul.<br />
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Not as touristed as Bogota, Medellin, or Cartagena, Cali feels real, and friendships effortless and lasting.<br />
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Here's a rockin salsa tune 'Cali Pachanguero' that dancing Colombians go nuts over, by the famous Colombian band from Cali, <b style="font-style: italic;">Grupo Niche. </b>Actually a beautiful love song to Cali, it's an anthem at all parties, salsa events and ferias. 'Pachanguero' loosely means party animal.<br />
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<i>cualquiera justo razona,</i></div>
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<i>que Cali es Cali señoras, señores</i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Caleños are </span>simple, down to earth, happy, and crazy about salsa ... you can dance at hot salsa clubs to the newest beats, whether from Colombian greats like Guayacan, and for the romantic in you the beautiful sound of the duo <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6_6Tzj9v3I&feature=related" target="_blank">Son de Cali</a>, or overseas artists like <a href="http://youtu.be/KuaIgzSvOXs" target="_blank">Luis Enrique</a>, all week long. Make sure you visit during<em> Feria de Cali,</em> a five day salsa carnival the last week of December. As they say down there, <em>"Cali es Cali".</em><br />
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When backpackers and other tourists get past their hangups and visit Cali, they find it hard to leave. The rhythm is euphoric, the Cali sound and the sexy body movement - pure joy. Check out this hugely loved song and watch those kids dance that salsa.</div>
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<i>Hey, look, see </i><br />
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Many tourists to Colombia like to head for Cartagena ... a hot, muggy coastal city heavily marketed in brochures for its inner walled town, a colonial era architectural enclave. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Cartagena has also given birth to some of the country's finest music, like </span>José<span class="Apple-style-span"> 'Joe' Arroyo's. Arroyo’s most famous song, Rebelión is an ode to 17th-century Cartagena symbolized by a young man's uprising against the ill-treatment of his bride and of his African brethren by the colonial rulers, and its chorus “No le pegue a la negra” .. “Don’t hit the black woman” .. brings tears to Colombians even today. Alvaro José Arroyo González, born in Cartagena in 1955, passed away just recently on July 26, 2011.</span></div>
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Cartagena's brochure appeal of a colonial past has such a draw on tourists, that most never set out to explore the rest of Colombia, places far more engaging than Cartagena... and to really understand and admire this complex and beautiful country which is trying so hard to shed the images of its tragic history.</div>
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Cartagena's inner walled city is certainly well preserved and worth a stay for tourists, though backpackers prefer the outdoor adventures and prettier landscape further along the coast in Santa Marta, Taganga, and the Tayrona National Park.</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">For airlines within Colombia, this is a helpful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airlines_of_Colombia" target="_blank">list</a> . Aires usually has the best promos.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">International flights land in Bogota, Medellin, Cali, and even Cartagena.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Use a travel guidebook or online resources to research and book hotels or hostels.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">The younger, private-educated crowd in large cities speaks English to some degree, but generally in Colombia you'd be best served to know at least passable Español.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Buses connect most towns and cities in Colombia. The roads are generally good, but heed warnings about rains, night time routes that could be dangerous, and crazy drivers. Stick to the best bus companies.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Music: Colombia is a haven for music and dance lovers. For Salsa, visit Cali. For Vallenato, pretty much any town in Colombia, but it originated in the northeast. For international-style music and night life, Medellin and Bogota are good bets.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Don't buy into the marketing that surrounds Cartagena .. it's not that brilliant a destination, and Colombia has far more to offer. If in Cartagena, explore nearby islands and go east down the coast to Tayrona National Park.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Go easy on the Aguardiente ... it may seem like an innocent, clear alcoholic drink but it can knock you out.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Make friends. Colombians are incredibly friendly ... and misunderstood.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Safety: Colombia is actually a safe and pleasant destination. As with all South American cities, you should exercise normal caution and commonsense in all Colombian cities and towns. Be aware of your surroundings, don't wander off into unknown barrios, make local friends, buddy up, don't flash fancy cameras and smartphones, take taxis at night. In the remote instance that you're mugged in <i>any </i>South American city, largely a result of being careless and straying into dodgy areas, do not resist.. simply let them take your belongings, as the moral threshold can be very low. </li>
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Of the various places you may be fortunate to travel, the Kuna tribe of Panama may steal your heart.<br />
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</div><div style="border: currentColor;">Kuna Yala, also known to tourists as San Blas, is an autonomous region on the Caribbean coast of Panama, comprising some 400 islands. Only 40 or so are inhabited, which means that you can yacht or boat it out to many pristine deserted islands.</div><div style="border: currentColor;"><br />
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Getting to Panama is easy. The international airport in Panama City accepts flights from all over the world. Many backpackers come to Kuna Yala directly from <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/01/colombia-warning-she-is-bewitching-you.html">Colombia</a> by private yachts that do 5 day runs between Cartagena and Kuna Yala.<br />
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Once in Panama City you can browse around and enjoy the many social, cultural and iconic attractions of this major Central American city, including the mighty Panama Canal.</div></div></div><div style="border: currentColor; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: currentcolor; border-left-color: currentcolor; border-right-color: currentcolor; border-style: initial; border-top-color: currentcolor; border-width: initial; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Then hop a short 45 minute to an hour flight to any one of several of the Kuna Yala islands. I picked Playon Chico.</div></div><div style="border: currentColor;"><br />
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<div style="border: currentColor;">Kuna Yala is pristine, as if untouched for millions of years. You can have any type of vacation you like - kick back on a deserted beach soaking in the warm sun and snorkeling with colored fish ... </div><div style="border: currentColor;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Pick up some Kuna language from your guidebook on the way to Kuna Yala...they'll get a kick out of it.</div><br />
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Welcome <em><span style="color: lime;">Nuegambi uese be noniki</span></em></div><span style="color: lime;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Thanks<em> <span style="color: lime;">Dot Nuet</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hello<em> <span style="color: lime;">Na</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;">Where are you from?<em> <span style="color: lime;">Be bia lidi</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;">What is your name?<em> <span style="color: lime;">Igi be nuga</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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The Kuna people are simple, calm, courteous, and delightful company.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Barbara, a backpacker from Belgium and Spain, and this writer pose with our Kuna friend in front of the traditional molas...blouses made by hand by Kuna women depicting their history, art and culture.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">This is the beautiful little spot of land called Yandup just a 5 minute motorboat ride from Playon Chico. It is owned by a Spanish woman and her Kuna husband. It's about the size of a football field, and has around 16 cabanas for tourists. Each cabana has a summery, breezy bedroom and a western style bathroom, and everything is eco friendly. Fresh water gets piped under the ocean from a river near Playon Chico. Used and flushed water goes into a septic tank.</span><br />
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<li>International flights land at Tocumen International wheres most domestic flights use Allbrook. This is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Panama" target="_blank">list</a> of all airports in Panama.</li>
<li>From Panama City you can fly, 4x4, or possibly bus it part way, to Kuna Yala.</li>
<li>English can be widely spoken in Panama, but not in Kuna Yala.</li>
<li>The Kuna are a conservative people ... show respect, dress appropriately within the villages, and do not drink in public. Tourist women in bikinis and men shirtless is offensive to them inside their village, but ok on the beaches away from the village.</li>
<li>Bring small gifts ... t-shirts, caps, sunglasses, books/magazines in English, candy for kids, are much appreciated.</li>
<li>The inevitable question: can I take their photo? Yes, ask first, and they appreciate a $1 tip per picture ... they are a proud people, but your money does help them, sadly. The Kuna are not there for your entertainment nor as a freak show ... they have a long, rich history that spans Panama and Colombia. Regard them with the same respect as you would expect from a tourist to your city in Europe, United States, Oceania...</li>
<li>When the tourists are gone, many wear normal western style casual clothing and go about their daily lives.</li>
<li>Many travelers want to travel from Kuna Yala to the other Caribbean destination in Panama, Bocas del Torro, or the other way round. One must transit through Panama City, unfortunately. There are no direct flights between Bocas and Comarca Kuna Yala.</li>
<li>You can do a 5 day private yacht ride from Kuna Yala to Cartagena, <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/01/colombia-warning-she-is-bewitching-you.html">Colombia</a>, a fascinating country with a deeply shared history with Panama, that should not be missed if a traveler has the time.</li>
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<span class="messageBody">This all sounds good, so what's awry? The people are a bit closed off...they aren't friendly as <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/09/brazilian-beach-life-naturally-athletic.html">Brazilians </a>and <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/01/colombia-warning-she-is-bewitching-you.html">Colombians</a> are, and, to some extent, <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/02/arequipa-peru-friendly-people-beautiful.html">Peruvians</a> or <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/02/ecuador-real-south-america-on-octane.html">Ecuadorians</a>. My own take on this is that Chileans had been oppressed and cut off from social contact with others for generations, so they're a bit unsure of how to relate to foreign travelers. And a general lack of the English language doesn't help their cause. </span><br />
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Visit the Metropolitan Park in Bellavista, with its atmospheric views of the city once you reach the top riding the 'funicular' - an electric trolley that climbs up at an impossibly steep angle.<br />
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Another beautiful vista, with the Andes framing the city in the background.<br />
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Patio Bellavista. <span class="messageBody">Spend an afternoon and evening in Patio Bellavista, an open air courtyard collection of restaurants, pubs, coffee shops, and juice bars, just relaxing in the sun and the convivial atmosphere.</span><br />
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The spectacular sunset over the mountains was a joy to behold.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Look up your Lonely Planet / Frommers / other guides and do other touristy things like eating seafood at the Central Mercado.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The next day I caught a bus for the two hour pleasant ride through Andean countryside to a town I was barely able to contain my excitement about visiting for the first time ... <a href="http://runwildrunfreefilms.blogspot.com/2011/01/valparaiso-chile-bohemia-is-alive.html">Valparaiso</a>, a Bohemia.</div><br />
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