Troy Floyd

I missed the 60's, American, hate cooked green vegetables but love the taste of a cheese and mustard sandwich, been to 20+ countries, once had a 6-figure salary but quit it to be happy.

Goals in life:

* Sail the Amazon River in my own man made boat from Ecuador to Peru

* Hike Norway on the pilgrimage trail from Oslo to the North for 1 month

* Travel the world by car or motorcycle for 2 years

* Expand my photography skills

* ...and buy a winning lottery ticket!

Think that sums me up pretty much! In all honestly, I'm currently living in Quito, Ecuador. After working long 12hr days, 7 days a week, chasing the wealth dream I finally decided it was time in my life to do something I'm passionate about, PHOTOGRAPHY and TRAVEL!

I will be adding daily posts and pictures to this site, as this site is merely to display my work and keep people informed of where I'm at and doing. Sign up for my email feeds to get my posts delivered to your inbox. It's the best way to keep informed!

So if you can't travel, then I invite you to through my website. For all the ones that are...please look me up.

Forget Obligation Go Global...its my odyssey!

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Colombia From the Road by Bus: Day 3

Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 9:59am Posted in Colombia, South America

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Cali, Colombia isn’t really what I thought it would be. For some reason I thought it was on the coast (my fault for not looking at a map) and thought it would have more attractions to see. The truth is there isn’t really much to see in Cali. There is plenty of partying to be done that’s for sure as 6th street is chalked full of bars. There are tons of places though to party in Colombia though and think it’s really not all that just to come here to do that.

The people are supper nice here, as I have gotten more smiles in two days then I would in a month in Ecuador (mostly from little old ladies). Most people seem friendly and want to help as asking them a question almost makes you feel like you are doing them the favor. There are a few churches to see and plazas but there not that special compared to others in Latin America.

The hostel were staying at is called Laguana Hostel. It’s 20, 000 pesos per/person for a private room and comes with a huge bathroom and fan. The hostel seems to be full of nothing but guys and they all seem to be here to party out. A real mixed range of people staying here but everyone seems super cool and even had a BBQ last night. It was the first time I have gotten to BBQ in like 8 months and was super happy to do so. I was so full after the meal that it made it hard to go out later that night.

We ended up going down to 6th Street and drank till 2 am. The place is really lively with people and was surprised at how many clubs you could find. Beers seem to average about 3,000-4,000 pesos depending on where you went. There was also a lot of ladies walking around that night, some I assume were “working” girls.

Cali seems to me a good stop for a couple days and that’s about it. Do some parting and move on, then again if you are wanting to just chill for a while it’s not a bad city for that either. They have a pretty good bus system and taxi’s start the meters at $1.50 during the day and $2.00 at night. They do actually use the meters here, so if one doesn’t get out and take another one.