Wandering Trader's Travels http://wanderingtrader.com A travel site dedicated to giving you great travel advice, travel storites, pictures and video! Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:00:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Explaining Life in Colombia in One Picturehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wanderingtrader/~3/6aL-emFZJOU/ http://wanderingtrader.com/2012/02/26/explaining-life-in-colombia-in-one-picture/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:00:18 +0000 admin http://wanderingtrader.com/?p=9826 Colombia Explaining Life in Colombia in One Picture

Just Chillin in Colombia

This picture was taken in the very small gold mining town of Marmato, Colombia.  I saw this and I found it extremely interesting because it describes what life is like in Colombia.  There is a range of people and every person tells their own story.  You find the young man on the left with his backpack showing that he is either going or coming from school and the boots he has on shows that he has to make a living.

The Campesino (man in cowboy hat) shows what life in the country is like.  Once you get to the right, the first women shows the poverty of the country and the very last one doesn’t completely describe the beautiful women, but from this angle it does show you that they are fashionable and care a lot about their appearance.  The mural in the background shows a little light into the cultural importance of religion.  I just find it very interesting!

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A woman smoking a cigar in the festival

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These Colombian Farmers were found on my recent road trip to the coffee region in Colombia, I haven’t talked about that trip in length yet but plan on giving out the details of my itinerary as well as my 1st trip around Colombia.  These farmers were found on my way back from a finca (farm house or house in the country) near the city of Armenia, Colombia.  We were driving back after taking pictures and having breakfast with a Macaw Parrot and these guys were busy attending to the crops.  We asked them if we could join in and take pictures and they were nice enough to pose for us as well.  I hope your ready to see what I did with that machete.

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Children of Carnival

If you loved the rocking 4 year old I shared yesterday then you are going to love this little girl.  She was curled up closely in her fathers arms while she pleaded that everyone take a picture with her.  As the carnavaleros (people in the parade) passed she caressed her tiny palettes with the finest of over processed snacks.  If you look on her head you can witness the battles from the foam war that just occurred only minutes earlier.  Today was the last day of Carnival and the city is as empty as the corner 7-Eleven gas station at 4 in the morning.  Red slushi please.

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]]> http://wanderingtrader.com/2012/02/23/children-of-carnival/feed/ 2 http://wanderingtrader.com/2012/02/23/children-of-carnival/ Rocking With the 4 Year Old at Carnival in Colombiahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wanderingtrader/~3/Y2xPRiyjr4s/ http://wanderingtrader.com/2012/02/21/rocking-with-the-4-year-old-at-carnival-in-colombia/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:59:21 +0000 admin http://wanderingtrader.com/?p=9721 The one thing that I love about the Carnivals in Latin America (including Brazil) is that its about having a great time.  Everyone dances with everyone and taking pictures is a requirement and not a question.  I didn’t personally meet this little guy but he was standing right in front of us today and just having the time of his life.  He couldn’t have been more than 4 years old since he could barely stand but look at those moves!  I’m glad I decided to come.. what a great Carnival!

Colombia Carnival Rocking With the 4 Year Old at Carnival in Colombia
Carnival in Colombia
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