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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
TOUR OF TURKEY AND GREECE
SEE MY NEW BLOG TURKEY AND GREECE 10/2008 AT http://rlgtravelclub.blogspot.com
Sunday, August 3, 2008
I think this will close out Gringo's in Colombia-Summer, 2008 BLOG ! As the picture above illustrates, the 10 days R&R in Annapoima has worked "wonders" on the ribs & shoulder, plus the overall disposition. One of the first pictures I posted to the blog back when on May 15 when arriving in Colombia, was of my "drinking buddy" Paco!
Here on August 03, 2008 you can see we still share some time [and a Mohito] !
On Tuesday, August 05, it will be back to Atlanta "reality". The year 2008 marks the 15 year , that Nada and I have visited this wonderful country and it's people at least one time each year, often more! It's geography, climate and diverse culture and heritage continue to surprise us, along with the friendships that have been established with friends and relatives which we richly cherish here.
The "Blog" turned out to be fun for me, and a way of keeping in touch with family and friends. I hope that some of you were pleased with the postings, and at the same time, viewed some pictures that may have generated some interest to "create an adventure of your own".
Best wishes,
Bob Green
Sunday, July 20, 2008
OK, I am determined to take it easy for the next two weeks and "healing all wounds", stay off the ATV's, might even drink a few Cervezas
while contemplating the future.......Will catch the Delta flight back to Atlanta on August 05 !!! If anything exciting happens in Annapoima this time, I will be sure to let you know!!
while contemplating the future.......Will catch the Delta flight back to Atlanta on August 05 !!! If anything exciting happens in Annapoima this time, I will be sure to let you know!!
OK, Lets get up-to-date!! Maybe this picture of me, is not the "best", but guess what?
It is current as of two weeks ago! I am quickly recovering from a mishap suffered due to in-experience on a 4X4 ATV in the Colombian mountains! But survival is the "operative phrase", and yes that is insured at this point! I have been doing some re-hab back in Bogota, and think that I will be back to 100% in a few more weeeks. For those interested in the details, I'll be brief-I was returning from some excitement in the mountain terrain and river crossing riding the ATV late afternoon [three weeks ago, June 22nd] outside of Annapoima, Colombia. Although I was on flat terrain, it was an old gravel road, that was unerdgoing some repair, due to low light conditions, I failed to see some makeshift 5 Gallon paint cans that were used to warn one that the road was torn up and "dug out". You can probably picture the rest, see me "launched" from the point of impact to a rough landing in the construction area!
Annapoima has no emergency services, so Annapoima's Mayor with his pickup truck was the only vehicle with enough "size" to load my A__ in to get me off the street! With only a "First Aid Station" in Annapoima, I was transported to another small town nearby that reportedly had X-Ray equipment! Arriving there, it was determined that the images were not clear, and that probably the next decision too be made is how to best get back to Bogota? It was by now, about 10:00 pm and we made a call to Bogota to send us an ambulance. The trip from Bogota would take approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours, because of the 2 lane mountaineous roads! So, I finally made it to the emergency room in a privte Bogota hospital at 3:00 AM. After that, everything normalized and I will be back in shape soon.
During this period, I have done some arthimetic and verified that 2008 minus 1936, equals 72 years of age, probably too old to really get too interested in ATV'ing as a serious past-time! We are now scheduled to return to Atlanta on August 05.
It is current as of two weeks ago! I am quickly recovering from a mishap suffered due to in-experience on a 4X4 ATV in the Colombian mountains! But survival is the "operative phrase", and yes that is insured at this point! I have been doing some re-hab back in Bogota, and think that I will be back to 100% in a few more weeeks. For those interested in the details, I'll be brief-I was returning from some excitement in the mountain terrain and river crossing riding the ATV late afternoon [three weeks ago, June 22nd] outside of Annapoima, Colombia. Although I was on flat terrain, it was an old gravel road, that was unerdgoing some repair, due to low light conditions, I failed to see some makeshift 5 Gallon paint cans that were used to warn one that the road was torn up and "dug out". You can probably picture the rest, see me "launched" from the point of impact to a rough landing in the construction area!Annapoima has no emergency services, so Annapoima's Mayor with his pickup truck was the only vehicle with enough "size" to load my A__ in to get me off the street! With only a "First Aid Station" in Annapoima, I was transported to another small town nearby that reportedly had X-Ray equipment! Arriving there, it was determined that the images were not clear, and that probably the next decision too be made is how to best get back to Bogota? It was by now, about 10:00 pm and we made a call to Bogota to send us an ambulance. The trip from Bogota would take approximately 90 minutes to 2 hours, because of the 2 lane mountaineous roads! So, I finally made it to the emergency room in a privte Bogota hospital at 3:00 AM. After that, everything normalized and I will be back in shape soon.
During this period, I have done some arthimetic and verified that 2008 minus 1936, equals 72 years of age, probably too old to really get too interested in ATV'ing as a serious past-time! We are now scheduled to return to Atlanta on August 05.
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