From heat to more heat After our brief stop off in tiny Palamino, great fun on the lazy river and enough UVA, B and C to last us a lifetime, we headed further east on the Caribbean coast to the…
Caribbean Coast: From Cartagena to Palomino
Cartagena the city of humidity and beauty! After an great flight from Medellin – quick, easy, cheap, and of course the biggest bonus, saving us from a horrific 17h bus journey, we arrived to the insufferable heat of the Caribbean…
Colourful Guatapé and the big rock.
Return to the Countryside After a busy day with our personal tour guide it was time to leave Cata and Thomas in peace and making our way slowly towards the small town of Guatape, our last stop in the Antioquia…
Medellin and Santa Fe
Medellin – A dark history but a bright future. After difficulties getting to Jardin from the south of Colombia we chose a much easier and quicker way to our next destination: Time to go to the second largest city in…
The beautiful Jardin
Getting to Jardin took us 11 hours. 11 long hours and 3 buses, Salento – Pereira – Riosulcio – Jardin. Was it worth it ……. Completely! Staying with the Escobar family! We arrived at night and went in search of…
Salento, Filandia and the Cocora Valley
Salento After 3 bus changes, Calima Lake – Buga – Armenia – Salento, we arrived at the beautiful main plaza of Salento. Famished and before attempting to try to find the hostel recommended to us by our friends, (no camping,…
Popayan, Cali and Calima
Popayan – The White City Yay! We finally arrived and could not be more relieved to be out of the awful minibus. We stayed at HostelTrail, one of the main hostels in the city. It was clean, welcoming and perfect…
San Agustin, statues and lush valleys
To get to San Agustin we took a 3.5 hour bus journey to Pitalito followed by an hour journey in a mini pick-up van direct to the door of our hostel, La Casa de Francois. Before taking us up to the hostel, the taxi…
Half marathon in Tatacoa desert
From the city to the desert Once in Neiva we jumped onto the back of a pick up truck that runs all day to and from Tatacoa desert for less than 5euros each. The journey took us 1 hour and…
Welcome to Colombia, Bogota
So we are back on the road and happier now more than ever. After a 4 week detour to the UK for my brother’s wedding(s), which were well worth the detour! We took a 12 hour flight via Frankfurt to…