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Rose Cottage Hosteria

August 18, 2015 by hunter Leave a Comment

Not sure why I waited two more months before adding wings to this fantasyland of a blog. Do you ever say, “Oh hey imma do that right after this”….and that goes on for a few months? It’s especially hard to keep up with things that don’t even matter and on the radar of maybe only my mom and me, such as, well, here.

Anyway, last we spoke I was living the bachelor dream in a slick wood-floor nest in the Chapinero neighborhood of stay-classy Bogotá, Colombia. I took care of two full tourist visas there (for a total of 180 days), made some bomb new friends and even dated a girl. Not a misprint on that last point. Seriously, quit asking, it actually happened… But it was good that phase ended. Bogotá is quite cramped and you tend to get caught up in that fast paced energy and blah blah blah. Plus I just wanted to move on.

A "last of" Bogotá pic. Some of the gang and I hiking outside of Monquí.

A “last of” Bogotá pic. Some of the gang and I hiking outside of Monquí.

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Filed Under: South America Tagged With: ¡Actually learning Spanish!, Ecuador, HelpX

A dip lower into Central America…

September 30, 2014 by hunter 4 Comments

Very late on this! I wanted to make a post for each city but that fell through. Sometimes it’s hard to justify a night in front of the computer when in a new city of a foreign country, and these get pushed back. So we’ll just do the usual circus of going from right now to whenever the last post ended.

This perfectly captures how well I fit in in Latin America.

This perfectly captures how well I fit in around Latin America.

Currently I sit in the Rossco Hostel of San Cristóbal de las Casas. The rain is near constant here, but it always pretty small so you can walk around still. This is the highest elevation (I think) I have ever been, roughly 7,200 ft. To give you some perspective the mile-high city of Denver is just over 5k ft. Someone told me they call San Cristobal the city in the mountains. Even higher mountains surround the city and you can see all the clouds right there, which explains why it rains so much. But I could live here! It’s small enough to walk around in a day and has multiple parks, museums and a few strips for the nightlife! I ran into a bunch of Mexicans who were here for the weekend, so you know it’s good stuff.

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Filed Under: Mexico Tagged With: Couchsurfing, HelpX, ruins, San Cristóbal De Las Casas

Hi! My name is Hunter and I am exactly one regular guy. I like traveling, writing, drawing, coding and taking a zillion mediocre pictures...so why not hone all those interests into one cohesive project?

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