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She's in Serbia

Last night I caught a night train to Belgrade, I was on the top of three ‘couchette’ beds which weren’t long enough for my body and didn’t have a working ladder so I had to jump up each bed to get to the top (with my pack, because the only luggage rack was about 3m off the ground). It was so hot as well and the window wouldn’t stay open so I had to use my scarf to tie it down so we wouldn’t all die of heat stroke. Much better experience than my Prague to Warsaw night train though and thankfully 5/6 off us were women in the compartment. BUT 8:30pm-6am…. What the hell am I suppose to do in a city at 6am?? Check in to a hostel isn’t until 2pm. Ugh. So I slept in the station for a few hours before going to the hostel to store my pack. Probably not the safest idea, definitely letting my guard down. When I first went to an ATM, I had no clue of the conversion rate and accidentally only got out $2.60.. Which would have been the cost of the goddamn ATM fee. I went on a city walking tour at 11, I think I’m done with Eastern European big capital cities though. They are exciting at first, but the last few especially, have been a lot less developed and the sites have had much less upkeep. On a more positive note though, I found a wonderful Californian Mexican place with THE BEST homemade raspberry lemonade (as in, they use actual raspberries). I have truly missed my burritos

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I’m not enrolled in all Creative Technologies year one papers, so the video assignment I heard about is not part of my class. But still, as an exchange student from Holland you experience quit a lot. What about a 3 day backpacking hike at the Hillary trail?! I speak in Dutch in the video, but I added English subtitles for you guys! You can find them in the settings of the youtube video. Unfortunately because I used copyrighted music you only can watch the video on your PC

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14 DAYS, 10 HOURS AND 47 MINUTES

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It seems like yesterday when my travelling plans were all still in the works. So, to celebrate hitting the two week mark (almost) I’m gonna go through a few pros and cons of my money savings methods.

Things I’ve done really well to help save 1. Picked up a third part-time job during my final year I worked in a bar on a Saturday night. I recommend this to anyone who is partial to a night out but…

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Further evidence for the existence of lava

After several fantastic days in Cali, we were bound south for Popayán, the "White City". Popayán is arguably one of the most gorgeous towns in Colombia, owing to the colonial architecture, cobblestone streets and almost monochrome color scheme.

Culturally, Colombia is very regional. Customs in one city may be vastly different than in others. The following picture is of a woman praying at a small alter at the foot of the Belén Chapel. It, in my opinion, captures the culture of Popayán better than any of the architecture could.

This last photo from Popayán captures none of the architecture or culture. It's simply a cool moth we saw on the wall.

The following morning, we make our way to the Parque Nacional Natural Puracé, arriving too late in the morning for an ascent. To complete the hike to the top of the volcano and back takes roughly 7 hours. We turned around and hiked back to the road from the entrance to continue onwards to a different part of the park.

After hiking in the drizzle for a few hours and watching several cars pass us by, a pickup truck pulls over. What follows is one of the more interesting hitchhiking experiences to date. The front and cabin are completely full, though this is not a problem, because riding in the back of a truck is pretty normal when hitchhiking. What made this unique was our company: a young bull strapped to the front.

We took our seats between the small wooden cage and the tailgate atop bags of sawdust and held on for dear life. For the next 30 minutes, we were pelted with rain, sawdust and post-bovine product, all the while fighting off a very uncomfortable bull who kept trying to sit down on my legs. Half an hour later, we arrived at a small waterfall and got out. Caked in ___, we thanked our driver and headed off to clean up.

We then took a taxi to the entrance of the Termales de San Juan. Words cannot describe the beauty of this terrain. The colors are real.

The white comes from sulfur bubbling up in chemical hot springs, ranging in temperature from boiling to freezing.

After several hours hiking and hitching in the rain above 3000m in altitude, we decided it was best to not push our luck or health. Soaked through and through, we stopped for a late lunch at the ranger station, borrowed blankets, and waited for the bus back to Popayán. Fortunately for us, this bus was heated, not cooled.

We spent a final night in Popayán before continuing further south.