tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91781160981357658672012-02-25T10:14:11.704-08:00CWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07151880759009515551noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178116098135765867.post-78484867354794760292010-03-25T14:49:00.000-07:002010-03-25T14:51:44.934-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/S6vawFvaa4I/AAAAAAAAAIc/7GG7GPKjZ5w/s1600/grammarfun.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/S6vawFvaa4I/AAAAAAAAAIc/7GG7GPKjZ5w/s400/grammarfun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452692293571734402" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sadly, this is as far as I think the email chain will go. I would have preferred to pursue this opportunity further just to reject his lucrative offer.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9178116098135765867-7848486735479476029?l=craigwalton.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07151880759009515551noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178116098135765867.post-76708696863786951812009-08-12T21:09:00.000-07:002009-08-12T21:24:10.654-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/SoOVNLOxb3I/AAAAAAAAAII/3V0ppTru6JQ/s1600-h/DSC00934.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/SoOVNLOxb3I/AAAAAAAAAII/3V0ppTru6JQ/s400/DSC00934.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369299234341351282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/SoOU95x2UZI/AAAAAAAAAIA/XNrG9uBm9Ns/s1600-h/DSC00917.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/SoOTXnqJ9LI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/Qzhp3_cB4ew/s400/DSC00963.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369297214747833522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/SoOSULJhOmI/AAAAAAAAAHI/B6Y4W028aiY/s1600-h/DSC00969.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/SoOSULJhOmI/AAAAAAAAAHI/B6Y4W028aiY/s400/DSC00969.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369296056043518562" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9178116098135765867-7670869686378695181?l=craigwalton.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07151880759009515551noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178116098135765867.post-43483214229551888532009-05-15T09:40:00.000-07:002009-05-15T09:43:02.283-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ysmLA5TqbIY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ysmLA5TqbIY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9178116098135765867-4348321422955188853?l=craigwalton.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07151880759009515551noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178116098135765867.post-2403756113225927232009-04-08T19:48:00.000-07:002009-04-08T21:46:11.485-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1tFkgD-hI/AAAAAAAAAE8/4jdruc9FpbM/s1600-h/DSC00525.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1tFkgD-hI/AAAAAAAAAE8/4jdruc9FpbM/s400/DSC00525.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322530277086722578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1r8yR_9dI/AAAAAAAAAE0/fmUvkpMUDas/s1600-h/IMG_4113.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1r8yR_9dI/AAAAAAAAAE0/fmUvkpMUDas/s400/IMG_4113.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322529026655385042" border="0" /></a>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Cathedral">Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1toq8UgvI/AAAAAAAAAFE/zIBOWbd-mqs/s1600-h/DSC00553.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1toq8UgvI/AAAAAAAAAFE/zIBOWbd-mqs/s400/DSC00553.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322530880111280882" border="0" /></a>A small toilet in a mall bathroom in Bogota.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1vJG49KjI/AAAAAAAAAFM/DLt7YGJxbL0/s1600-h/DSC00561.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1vJG49KjI/AAAAAAAAAFM/DLt7YGJxbL0/s400/DSC00561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322532536880802354" border="0" /></a>This is the island of Media Naranja, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_del_Rosario">Las Islas del Rosario</a>. We went snorkeling on a nearby reef. I think my snorkel was too short, I ended up swallowing a lot of seawater, but it was still divine.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1wdeE-9rI/AAAAAAAAAFU/ZlyZfnf4e0U/s1600-h/DSC00563.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1wdeE-9rI/AAAAAAAAAFU/ZlyZfnf4e0U/s400/DSC00563.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322533986214278834" border="0" /></a>Isla Baru<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1xq_EZ8gI/AAAAAAAAAFc/XhronMkuE-M/s1600-h/IMG_4174.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1xq_EZ8gI/AAAAAAAAAFc/XhronMkuE-M/s400/IMG_4174.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322535317920150018" border="0" /></a>Fish lunch on Baru.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1y09uRR3I/AAAAAAAAAFk/gkTXcNUw2h4/s1600-h/DSC00604.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1y09uRR3I/AAAAAAAAAFk/gkTXcNUw2h4/s400/DSC00604.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322536588869191538" border="0" /></a>Cartagena<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1zvKBvuVI/AAAAAAAAAFs/PzAZegPZJvM/s1600-h/DSC00621.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd1zvKBvuVI/AAAAAAAAAFs/PzAZegPZJvM/s400/DSC00621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322537588604516690" border="0" /></a>Volcan de lodo El Totumo: "This volcano is approximately 50 feet (15 m) high and can accommodate 10 to 15 people on its crater; many tourists and locals visit this volcano due to the medicinal benefits of the mud; the volcano is located next to a <i>cienaga</i>, or lake. This volcano is currently under a legal fight between the Bolivar and Atlantico Departamentos because of its tourist value." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_volcano<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd11OKS7qHI/AAAAAAAAAF0/e3Wl_FFMxv0/s1600-h/IMG_4200.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd11OKS7qHI/AAAAAAAAAF0/e3Wl_FFMxv0/s400/IMG_4200.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322539220764174450" border="0" /></a>This guy helped everyone into the mud, made sure every inch of your body was covered in it and then demanded a tip afterwards.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd12MbfxTUI/AAAAAAAAAF8/hf-4w5V9kP8/s1600-h/DSC00611.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd12MbfxTUI/AAAAAAAAAF8/hf-4w5V9kP8/s400/DSC00611.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322540290533313858" border="0" /></a>It got pretty crowded, but you couldn't move in that stuff anyways, it was like swimming in thick pudding. Our feet did not touch the bottom, it was impossible to sink or go fully under, we tried. Every once in a while a giant bubble would surface, it was our duty as Americans to make a fart joke.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd125nYqnbI/AAAAAAAAAGE/UQkPIOavZuo/s1600-h/DSC00620.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd125nYqnbI/AAAAAAAAAGE/UQkPIOavZuo/s400/DSC00620.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322541066818854322" border="0" /></a>If you're wondering who took these mud photos, it was another service offered for the price of a small tip. There was a lake at the bottom where we went to wash off. There were ladies wanting to wash the mud for you for another tip, I declined.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd14ODmNA6I/AAAAAAAAAGM/jE14ISAvaG0/s1600-h/DSC00643.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd14ODmNA6I/AAAAAAAAAGM/jE14ISAvaG0/s400/DSC00643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322542517500838818" border="0" /></a>Hiking to our camping spot in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayrona_National_Natural_Park">Parque Tayrona</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd15QGdurTI/AAAAAAAAAGU/wkJKhG-Jsi8/s1600-h/DSC00644.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd15QGdurTI/AAAAAAAAAGU/wkJKhG-Jsi8/s400/DSC00644.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322543652141968690" border="0" /></a>Our camping spot in Tayrona.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd15-p4Sd2I/AAAAAAAAAGc/P30JXmETfXc/s1600-h/IMG_4271.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd15-p4Sd2I/AAAAAAAAAGc/P30JXmETfXc/s400/IMG_4271.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322544451922589538" border="0" /></a>The hammocks were up in that hut behind us. The most expensive beds in the place, about $8 per night.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd17N1NvceI/AAAAAAAAAGk/2Mp-J0kXMwA/s1600-h/DSC00667.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd17N1NvceI/AAAAAAAAAGk/2Mp-J0kXMwA/s400/DSC00667.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322545812175024610" border="0" /></a>One of the views from the hammock hut. This particular spot in the park was called Cabo San Juan de la Guia.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd17sYObTkI/AAAAAAAAAGs/xJU7WUTDEfk/s1600-h/IMG_4248.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd17sYObTkI/AAAAAAAAAGs/xJU7WUTDEfk/s400/IMG_4248.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322546336969215554" border="0" /></a>Eating fresh coconut we were able to crack open on some rocks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd18d8vDgRI/AAAAAAAAAG0/d4PLpCu33pY/s1600-h/IMG_4326.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd18d8vDgRI/AAAAAAAAAG0/d4PLpCu33pY/s400/IMG_4326.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322547188583334162" border="0" /></a>Riding on the back of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiva_bus">Chiva</a> in Pereira.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd19PpTCWBI/AAAAAAAAAG8/GOBtUrfIDOI/s1600-h/DSC00726.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DiI2CjGvnk8/Sd19PpTCWBI/AAAAAAAAAG8/GOBtUrfIDOI/s400/DSC00726.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322548042359003154" border="0" /></a>Pereira vs Huila<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9178116098135765867-240375611322592723?l=craigwalton.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>CWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07151880759009515551noreply@blogger.com6