Less than two decades ago, Colombia was synonymous with the notorious drug lord “Pablo Escobar”. His drug dealings by the early 1990’s had netted him an estimated $30 billion. Due to the drug dealings of Escobar and that of rival drug lords, Colombia became a traveler’s worst nightmare. In addition to an already dangerous situation …
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Colombia – The Latin Redemption I (BOGOTA)
Bogota We were to fortunate to visit three cities during our travels to Colombia. We had always been fascinated by the capital city of Bogota. However, Bogota in December (summer in South America) was quite empty to our dismay. It seemed like most Colombians had packed up and migrated to the coastal cities to enjoy …
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Colombia – The Latin Redemption II (Cartagena)
La Cuidad Hermosa (The Beautiful City) As we mentioned in our previous post Colombia-The Latin Redemption I, we visited Colombia in the summer (Dec. to Feb.), for this reason a good number of Colombians had migrated to the warm weather spots of their country. One of these warm weather spots happened to be Cartagena. After …
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Colombia- The Latin Redemption III (San Andres)
San Andres, Colombia After spending the New Year’s in Cartagena, it was time to head over to the final stop of our party trail of Colombia. We heard San Andres Colombia was the holiday spot where most Colombians and other South American nationalities go to vacation. Still, we did not know what to expect. Most …
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9 Ways To Stay Fit during Travel
What?!!! I have to watch what I eat on vacation? Isn’t that the whole point to traveling in the first place. “I want to experience all the food this new culture has to offer”. At one point or another during our travels, we have been in a situation where we had to compromise the strict …
1 day, 2 Nights in Denver
At “The Partytrail“, we are used to getting travel jitters from time to time. However, on this particular Friday, the jitters went into full swing and our wanderlust took a strong hold over us. We decided it was time to party trail a new city. Denver, Colorado had always fascinated us because for a country …
9 Ways To Avoid Danger While Traveling
Avoiding Danger While Traveling One of the many great concerns travelers have while traveling is the fear of getting mobbed, robbed, raped, beaten, or harassed by the locals of an intended destination. These worries are not unfounded at all. Traveling can be one of the most stimulating activities one can engage in. You are constantly …
9 Ways to Date and Meet New People While Traveling
What a world we live in today, back in the day, courtship and meeting people were limited to the people in your immediate vicinity. Your choices were pretty much limited to the guys and girls that lived in your neighborhood and if you were “friend-zoned” enough and the gist got around, you were exiled by …
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9 Ways To Save Money On Plane Tickets While Flying
The Scoop On How To Save Money On Plane Tickets It’s not news that a lot of times people who travel on the same flight pay different prices for plane tickets even though everyone on that flight is headed to the same destination. You definitely don’t want to be the sucker who pays the extra …
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Hong Kong – The Cantonese Expedition IX
Things To Do In Hong Kong Well it’s time to say goodbye to another city, while that it is always hard to leave a city as awesome as Hong Kong, the good news is that we get to travel to and partytrail yet another city, which means more great recommendations and travel tales for you. …