¡Quien lo vive es quien lo goza!

February 22, 2012 by Meghan Johnson

“¡Quien lo vive, es quien lo goza!” – The motto of Carnaval de Barranquilla, translating roughly to “He who lives it, enjoys it!” People often ask me why I have chosen to spend so much time in Latin America.  I respond by saying that it is a remedy, a medicine, that I have needed for a long time to combat the influence of three years in finance and another four years before that in a high-pressure university.  I don’t mean […]

Categories: Colombia, Music, Playtime

A walk through the Old City

February 17, 2012 by Meghan Johnson

I’ve run out of words for the time being.  Hopefully I’ll recover them at the Carneval in Barranquilla this weekend.  Until then, enjoy this photo tour of the Old City in Cartagena.

Categories: Colombia, Travel

Full moons and magic nights

February 9, 2012 by Meghan Johnson

“Que te amo con desespero como loco en luna nueva que cuando no estás conmigo la tierra se me acelera. “ I kick myself every time I go out without my camera in Cartagena.  Every square inch of the old city is a photo op.  The most recent self-butt-kicking was while walking along the four hundred year-old fortress walls surrounding the city, watching a sherbet sunset over the ocean.  It almost feels cruel that I can’t share the neon pinks […]

Categories: Colombia, Music, Playtime