This blog chronicles a young American's year teaching English in the southern slums of Bogota, Colombia.
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Tags: Colombia, Bogota, Volunteering abroad, South America, International travel
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Latest Blog Posts for The Tall Gringo
- An apology, a rant and a revelationon May 10, 2011 in graduate record exam GRE United States of America graduate school Arnold SchwarzeneggerI want to apologize for the lack of updates lately, but I promise I’ve got a good excuse. In just over six weeks, I will be taking the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) and have been hunkering down to study. I am going to do my best to continue to add new...
- Staying Safe in ColombiaPapaya; don't give it. Colombians have a saying, “No dar papaya” which translates as, “to not give papaya.” It has nothing to do with giving tropical fruits and everything to do with staying safe. It means to not put yourself in a situation w...
- The Tall Gringo in USA TODAYon Apr 30, 2011Hi all. Sorry for interrupting your Saturday night, but just wanted to direct you to an article I wrote for USA Today’s college blog about taking a detour away from the common path to do something to help the world. I am truly honored to have had t...
- Coffee and Colombiaon Apr 27, 2011Starbucks in the SF financial district. If there is one thing San Francisco has plenty of—besides seismic activity—it’s coffee shops. They’re everywhere. Last year when I worked in the San Francisco financial district, I often spent my...
- Semana Santa in Colombia’s Coffee RegionManizeles is a short flight from Bogotá. Standing on the crowded TransMilenio bus sporting my overstuffed travel pack, I might as well have been dressed up as Uncle Sam with the looks the other passengers were giving me. Normally, I can avoid stares...
- Video: My Time in Colombia So FarThe other day as I was perusing my laptop for something to occupy my idle gringo mind, I stumbled across Windows Live Movie Maker. After playing around with the program for a bit, I got the novel idea of creating a video about my time in Colombia thu...
- Gringo OriginsGringos in their natural habitat. Have you ever wondered where the word gringo originated? I sure have. After devoting no small measure of my considerable mental resources to solving what could possibly be one of the greatest mysteries of our time,...
- A Tale of Two BogotásLooking down on the streets near Nueva Esperanza. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, i...
- Three Months InMy school, Nueva Esperanza. When I first arrived in Colombia just over three months ago, I had no idea what to expect. My mind was a maelstrom of hopes and apprehensions, but my desire to make a difference ultimately outweighed my fear of the unknown...
- To Help the HomelessPlaza Los Mártire in Bogotá. Bogotá’s Plaza Los Mártires has seen better days—what was once a center for commerce has since deteriorated into an emblem of the capital city’s pervasive poverty. Today, the homeless wander the plaza in search...
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