A Colombian abroad...

What is this Blog about??

My name is Camilo, Colombian, I am now 30 years old but I don't care about years. I have visited 42 countries, I have worked in 10 countries and I have brought my BMX to 12 countries. I started travelling when I was 25. I now realised that there are more than 200 countries in the world, I never planned to travel, it is not my life's goal to visit all those countries but little by little the life has taken me to many of them.


This is the first post and the summary.

Here I am deciding what to language to use. I really really would like that all Colombian people could read this, so it would be better to do it in Spanish, but it is a better Idea to write it in the international language, right?


How is that I have travelled so much?

My mother has her own small business, It does not mean she gave me money, it means I don't have to send her money. I don't want expensive things, like a house, a car or furniture, so all the money I earn I can expend on whatever I want. I don't save it, I just use it. I graduated from engineering when I was 20. Since then I started getting a salary, good enough to save a little to quit it and go to study English for 1 year  in London (cheaper than studying in Colombia). In London I worked as a self employed Taxi-bike driver, it game me enough money to do short trips to other countries. Back   in Colombia I got a job as a telecommunications trainer, the company sent me to almost all countries in South America and I didn't blame them! It plus a little scholarship I got with a lot of effort gave again me some savings to go study in Spain. In Madrid, I was decided to work in whatever i find, even in a restaurant or cleaning, 1 month after I found myself working for a international company as engineer, with again: a enough salary to make short trips around Europe. 2 years later I met a Swedish girl, Maria, and searching, I found a thesis project in Sweden, so I moved there, it was at the same time: The girl I liked, the thesis for my master and a new set of Nordic countries to visit. After 8 months I got a residence permit and I could find a job in another international company, again, I had enough salary to travel, and as I said, I don't plan to invest in a car, house or children (so far).


Countries I've worked: Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Curazao, Venezuela, England, Spain, Sweden, Finland.
Countries I have brought and ridden my BMX:  Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Curazao, Venezuela, England, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Japan, China.



Languages I speak: 

Spanish - Is my mother tongue
English - I learnt by myself little by little
French (bad french)- A girl gave me the love to learn it.
Swedish - I have lived 1 year in Sweden with my gf, I am learning it.
Japanese - I just know the basics and how to read and ask basic things.