2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/dazandtom/rss.xml http://www.getjealous.com/dazandtom http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=642654&go=dazandtom Okay, so it´s gone a tad quiet since we got to Buenos Aires....Not because we´ve run out of adventures, although they´ve changed format somewhat....Flying from Colombia was a blessing. It still took over 9 hours in the air, so you can imagine what we´d have suffered in a bus (about 2 weeks I reckon!)Despite utter out of date rubbish on the in flight TVs, we both still staye... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=642654&go=dazandtom Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=633733&go=dazandtom After a five hour bus ride we arrived in Cartagena and headed to the less than desirable area called Getsamani (getsomemoney more like, after you´ve been robbed by a midget pimp, you know who you are!). Although this is where all the thieves, prostitutes and drunks hang out, it´s also where they decided to put the hostels, my guess.....property cheaper, location, location, location. W... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=633733&go=dazandtom Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=633732&go=dazandtom Having crawled back into bed at the very reasonable hour of 4am, Taz and I managed a couple of hours sleep before we had to hop in a cab and go to the airport and fly to the shores of the Caribbean.We landed in Santa Marta which is a colonial town with some amazing buildings and checked into hostel La Brisa Loca (the crazy wind). This Little gem was set up by a couple of brothers for California wh... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=633732&go=dazandtom Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=633731&go=dazandtom Infamous Medellin. Pablo Escobar. The heart of the world´s view of Colombia...Arriving on a Sunday, the streets were deserted, the chosen neighbourhood for once fairly smart and residential - void of the usual corner dwellers, peddlers, working girls, gangs and so forth we´d become used to from staying in backpacker establishments (they are often in the seedier, cheaper neighbourhoods)... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=633731&go=dazandtom Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=627031&go=dazandtom Columbia has the craziest drivers so far...Our last night in Cali, Dom and I succumbed to the local custom of buying a bottle of spirit for the table. We managed half a bottle of local rum between us before staggering home, making a local band playing sound almost talented. My legs danced of their own accord all the way home, carrying my smiling head.Still rum-smiling the next morning, we hit the ... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=627031&go=dazandtom Fri, 9 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=627030&go=dazandtom After braving our first overnight bus in Colombia we arrived in the plastic surgery capital of South America, also known as the Salsa capital of South America, Cali.This place is as amazing as it is bizarre, it is hard to walk down the street and try spot who hasn't had work done, the big thing here is bum implants, here bigger is better. On one evening Taz and I wen't out to see what all the sals... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=627030&go=dazandtom Sat, 3 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=627029&go=dazandtom Arriving at night from Florida, we caught a taxi straight to a hostel. All relaxed from Florida, we'd failed to book ahead. Needless to say, they had no double rooms available, so we were back in dorms, lesson learned.Even when we made it out of a dorm into a double, there was only just air either side of the bed to squeeze into the room. The mattress was lumpy, but coated with plastic, keeping al... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=627029&go=dazandtom Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=624051&go=dazandtom So after the troublesome twosome left us to fly back to Sydney shores we thought about having a while off the booze.....oh how stupid we are !My mum just happened to be in Florida which is only a 3 1/2 hour flight from Quito and offered to fly Taz and I up there, so of course we we jumped at the chance of seeing mumsy again and booked flights for a little detour of our South American escapade. The... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=624051&go=dazandtom Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=624049&go=dazandtom Given Rich and Mariah's imminent arrival, Dom and I did some extensive research for the perfect hotel venue, collected up some suitably tacky Ecuadorian hats with which to greet them from a convenient local celebration in the park, and hurried along to the airport, only for their flight to be delayed.On Sunday, when we found it, the hotel was magnificent - super kitsch, shabby chic, chandeliers, w... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=624049&go=dazandtom Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=624050&go=dazandtom Ecuadorians like roast pig! Not what you'd think we'd be writing about from the title of this entry, but I have to share this before I move on...We've seen dozens of roast pigs along our way - whole, lying across makeshift tables, skins shiny from roasting, mouths open, apparently smiling (more Mona Lisa than Dom Williams).At one point we saw one with half its backside missing, meat already carved... http://www.getjealous.com/blog.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=624050&go=dazandtom Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT