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Charles Wiegand

Roaming South America

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There are 498 blog posts for you to enjoy.

Update about my book

January 2, 2022

Me in the town of Versalles, Colombia

As I've mentioned in the blurb above, I'm working on editing my 5th draft of my novel Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone. I've posted a sinopsys on another page, linked above, which describes the book as including many of my own personal experiences in my life journey since Cheryl died in 2010.

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Christmas

December 26, 2021

Christmas Eve in Filandia, Colombia

Hi,

This year I spent Christmas Eve day, Christmas, and the day after in the pueblo Filandia. Take a look at the pics in the photo album. It's a beautiful pueblo. And the climate is a bit on the cold side, at least for me.

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Two-day bike ride

November 22, 2021

Inside the hostel.

The other day I mapped out a route to ride. It would be a loop of around 100 kilometers. Nothing much to get excited about. Until I got out of the city and started into the actual route.

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Book update and recent bike rides

October 26, 2021

Me at the top of the pass Montanuela, outside of Roldanillo, Colombia.

Hi,

It's been too long since my last blog. This one is an update about my book and a couple of recent bike rides.

The book was with the editor recently, and she finished with a half-dozen suggestions for changes. I've been working hard on those and the final changes will require rewriting the last two chapters, but that's okay because it will be a better story when I'm finished.

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Life in Colombia, right now

May 12, 2021

This is inside a nearly 400-year-old house in Cartago, Colombia.

I live in Colombia, in case you didn't already know that or bother to look at the bio info in the right-side column. And many of you have seen news reports of the protests in Colombia in recent weeks. You've probably even seen reports of up to 40 people who have died during those protests. That's all true, and it continues.

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Chip Wiegand

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Contact me:

chip at wiegand dot org

I used to teach English as a foreign language in Barranquilla, Colombia. Now I'm retired and traveling throughout South America.

I'm from Kennewick, Washington, USA. In my previous life, as I call it, I was an IT guy, systems administrator, computer tech, as well as a shipping/receiving guy and also worked as a merchandising guy in a RV/Camping store.

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