Colombia

Giving a gift can be quiet nerve-racking, I feel anxious for him, Bogotá

A student of the Universidad Nacional de Bogotá takes advantage of the solitude rooftops have to offer.

LotsOfLittleLakes, Embalse de Peñon, Antioquia

surreal collection of babies on a wall, Bogotá

Atop the mountain, Monserrate keeps watch on the police keeping watch on streets, Bogotá

Plaza at the Universidad Nacional de Bogotá

A Norwegian ship manned by an Italian crew docks in Cartagena, Colombia carrying boat full of foreigners. Day 1 of my diversely authentic Colombian experience. Puerto de Cartagena

Snake road, Medellín

White line color wall. Cartagena

Bus lyfe, Bogotá

Sage salamander, telephoning turtle, hearful hare. Bogotá

Dreary Joy, San Francisco, Cundinamarca

Garbage underlying art, Bogotá

Angry avocado man, Bogotá

The joys of stealth camping, Antioquia

The surrounding mountains of Bogotá in the early morning light filtered through a dirty window. Bogotá

General bogatanian commotion, Bogotá

Waking up to a new little world. Bogotá

Self portrait, Bogotá

Break room, Bogotá

Transportation race, Bogotá

After a few cars running into his stand, this street vendor takes precautions, Bogotá

Unificación mozartiano de basureros y botaderos, Bogotá

A headless boy hangs out in the central plaza of San Francisco, Cundinamarca

A plastic wares delivery boy packs his bike to the limit, Ecoaldea Feliz, Cundinamarca

Lazy daze, Bogotá

Ghost Rider, Tolú

Beach light birdies

Serious living room, Bogotá

real life payasos, Bogotá

Light play, Bogotá

Roquero malo, Bogotá

What an inspiration to witness someone dear to me braving precarious bridges into the unknown. Antioquia

Bogotá!!!

We all count, I think…Bogotá

Stuff is always happening, Bogotá

Beauty up above! Cartagena

Spoons and bouncy balls, happy and not giving a crap, Bogotá

Grown-ups like to play too, San Francisco, Cundinamarca

Building at the Ecoaldea Feliz, Cundinamarca

Fake lake, Lac de Río Grande, Antioquia

Tunneleers head into the blue light, Bogotá

I urge you, please don’t mess with them… Monserrate, Bogotá

Crossing a bridge into the hands of Colombian hospitality and swimming holes, Antioquia

Some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. I’m ever so grateful for the guide from beyond. Thanks for lying around with me. Bogotá

How beautiful it is to share the skies with someone… Medellín

Barrow Burrow, Antioquia

Secret hand message, not for the girl with kudos to read… Bogotá

Cloudy business, Bogotá

House dog, street man and wild cat, Bogotá

The beautiful neighborhood, containing the beautiful people, that shared beauty with me, La Macarena, Bogotá

You’re the bestest!, Bogotá

A man wanders the lonely early morning streets of la Macarena ands gets his photo taken by a fellow lonely wanderer, Bogotá

Animals are people too, they can play soccer, Bogotá

Two friends shy away from one another, but only for a moment. Cundinamarca

Fading ghost, downward cycles, Bogotá

Reading when there’s a whole world outside? Bogotá

Trapped in loveliness, Bogotá

Orbit, Bogotá

Walter’s workshop, La Macarena, Bogotá

Duskness of Bogotá

Embotellamiento, Bogotá

Clean slate future ahead, Bogotá

A man pushes his cart home after a day’s work down a lonely street past an improvised squatted dwelling while one of Medellín’s fancy cathedrals enjoys a privileged view of the populated mountainside catching the last of the afternoon’s sun.

Sometimes you’re sad and sometimes not… Bogotá

A non napper hangs out with his resting friends on their work break, Bogotá

To cross or not to cross… Antioquia

Nature interfering with art, La Macarena, Bogotá

A handsome man holds up a shirt for some reason, Bogotá

Sellphoning, Bogotá

Small scale local organic green-friendly economy… Antioquia

Lovey dove, Bogotá

Day in the office, Bogotá

A satisfying siesta en la septima, Bogotá

The picture perfect rolling hills of Antioquia

The holy dam of Lac Río Grande, Antioquia

Happy sadder day, Bogotá

Do you believe that putting a message, whether positive or negative, on a bottle of water will affect the water, or change the effect that the water has on the drinker? Ecoaldea Feliz, Cundinamarca

A guy takes a smartphone photo of a sacred ceremony on international water day, and in that photo happens to be a guy taking a smartphone photo of a sacred ceremony on international water day, San Francisco, Cundinamarca

This guy is way more underground than you think you are, Bogotá

A girl takes a small bag of groceries to the other side of her town crossing the Río Cauca, Antioquia

Sunset behind an artificial mountain. Medellín

Southside, Bogotá

Menacing climb, Piedra de Peñon, Antioquia

Hangin’ around Bogotá

The neon police of Bogotá

Magical lurking lakes behind surreal stairsets, Piedra del Peñon, Antioquia

A few residents of the ecovillage enjoy the exclusive comfort of the cozy kitchen during a rainy night with no electricity, Ecoaldea Feliz, Cundinamarca

Makeshift telescope, Bogotá

Peekers, Bogotá

Beautiful destruction, Embalse de Peñon, Antioquia

Marginalized wall pee’er of Bogotá

A captive hen poses on a colorful sidewalk, San Francisco, Cundinamarca

Thank you sir, Bogotá

The fancy shopping arenas of Medellín

Daily life in La Macarena, Bogotá

This man held this position for a few minutes while I found a good angle, Bogotá

A security guard watches over a lonely street in Medellín’s city center

I’ll make the climb with you… Bogotá

Air dance, Medellín

Spanish to the cabeza, Bogotá

Nothing like looking out of the window at an airport… Bogotá

A Cundinamarcan farmer stands in front of his home wondering if somebody is taking a picture of him from far away.

The owner of a tire shop with a nice view of the local town helped me top up the air in my tire, Antioquia

A played in and lived in yard, San Francisco, Antioquia

Artificial canyon, Bogotá

The colorful hillside dwellings of Medellín

Goodbye!!! Bogotá

Two people in love hang out in the best spot of La Macarena 😉 , Bogotá

Reflectioneering, Bogotá

Flowering umbrella, Bogotá

A guard takes his shift keeping watch on an empty lot to make sure nobody does any graffiti. Bogotá

Education, cinema, fashion, officeers and businesseers. Bogotá

A tired horse pulls a pensive taximan giving a silent tour to an empty carriage. Cartagena

Pensivity through an unclear window, Bogotá

The omnipresent yellow bridges of Colombia, Río Cauca, Antioquia

Two guys reflecting in a music shop’s window pane, consider a deal on an anarchic corner of Bogotá

A bogotano busdriver reflects, Bogotá

Barrios of Bogotá

A few bogotanos hanging out on a corner of La Perserverencia, Bogotá

The friendly red trolley man, Monserrate, Bogotá

fairyland back country of Antioquia

I don’t understand these young people with their stupid phones…Bogotá

God’s a pretty good painter, Huila

A U.S. navy ship hides in the silhouette of the afternoon Caribbean sky of Puerto Cartagena

Lonely cabin on the lake, Huila

Home sweet slums, Medellín

Diego carpenteers in the ecovillage workshop, Ecoaldea Feliz, Cundinamarca

Motorcycles, electronics, nature and the omnipresent coke, Bogotá

“He goes along just as a water lily Gentle on the surface of his thoughts his body floats Unweighted down by passion or intensity Yet unaware of the depth upon which he coasts”- F. Apple, Ecoaldea Feliz, Cundinamarca

Steep visit to the empanada doctor, Bogotá

Early morning hike overlooking Bogotá

Descansando en el Valle de Torres, La Macarena, Bogotá

Our kind host was sad to see us leave so early in the morning after spending the night on his lawn, Antioquia

Medellín Mission

Floating over forests, Medellín

At least I’m not the only one… Huila

A man walks with his head down while Cartagena slowly and steadily grows beside him.

Jurassic park without dinosaurs, Huila

Shanty houses along the bank of the Río Cauca, Antioquia

Hip hop monkey!! Bogotá

Turning to an intimate friend for an ear, San Francisco, Cundinamarca

“Don’t go, don’t go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go…” -clown, Bogotá

Dusty desert of skeletal dwellings, Bogotá

The poshest high school of Bogotá, a gymnasium with one heart.

Urban forest of Medellín

Don’t go down sun! just, stay there for a bit longer… Bogotá

What’s up, Bogotá

The underworld bringing life to the upper world, Bogotá

Two policemen leisurely chat as the busy world passes them by, Bogotá

A humble village home in the early morning light, San Francisco, Cundinamarca

A girl walks along the edge of the lake in her home town of Ecoaldea Feliz, Cundinamarca

Enthusiasm overload, Parque Nacional, Bogotá

Pachamama, La Candelaria, Bogotá

Three lonely boats await their day to fulfill their purpose. Tolú

Birdhouse, La Macarena, Bogotá

Rising sun packing session, Antioquia

Bogotá nightlife

Friendship for food, Bogotá

I love lurking around libros and lye berries, Cartagena

Drove through a treacherous rocky path in the rain 4 hours straight to take a shortcut. Trying to stay upright on the slippery mud and rocks while stealing quick glances at the seemingly bottomless precipitous drop that hung out by my side for most of the journey. Going up against the few trucks that dared the path that was often times exactly their widths and no more. Oh, I had almost forgotten about these days. It certainly makes seeing a cozy little farming town like this and the temporary clearing of rain much more of an emotional experience, Huila

Medellín mayhem

Not down for rain, Bogotá

Floating away in other worlds, Bogotá

A man looks out onto the mountains surrounding Bogotá while talking on a cellular device on top of a futuristic empty living room.

Colombian hospitality: camping on front lawns, farms, nurseries and often waking up to tinto (coffee) and the offer to take a shower. Beats hotels, campgrounds or sketchy stealth camping. Antioquia