COLOMBIA | Tuesday, 3 Apr 2012 | Views [622]
Arriving in Santa Marta to hot, tropical sunshine was a welcome relief after a freezing 15 hours on a bus. There´s not a lot to find charming about Santa Marta, but the main reason I´d ventured back up to the Colombian coast was for the Betfair sponsored ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Sunday, 25 Mar 2012 | Views [947]
After leaving Villa de Leyva behind, the next stop on the list was San Gil, adventure sports capital of Colombia, and supposedly about a 4 hour bus ride after connecting in Tunja. Now I know I´ve made my fair share of complaints/comments about some ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Wednesday, 21 Mar 2012 | Views [1468]
So after my early arrival in Bogota I headed to Platypus hostel in the La Candelaria to meet the second familiar face of the trip: Freemo, of Betfair ´fame´. I only really had a day to see the sights in Bogota, as we were planning to head north the ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Sunday, 18 Mar 2012 | Views [885]
It seems to be becoming a trend that I start each entry with some kind of transport misadventure, so I might as well continue with that theme.... I left for Salento in the Zona Cafetera (a whole region devoted to making coffee, yes please) on Friday ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Friday, 16 Mar 2012 | Views [560]
After a few teething problems with my flights in South America so far, you can imagine my surprise when I found myself not only making my connection in Bogota when en route from Quito to Medellin, but actually being EARLY. (I also have to add one ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Saturday, 10 Mar 2012 | Views [587]
After a less than ideal welcome to Ecuador (ie no welcome at all) I was introduced to my host family for my week in Quito the following morning. I was staying in the home of a grandmotherly lady who lives in the Mariscal area of Quito (affectionately ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Friday, 2 Mar 2012 | Views [638]
OK I kind of want to scream right now......having just spent an hour trying to catch up on a week of activities, the entire entry got wiped so now I have to start over......sigh. And obviously Version 1 was much more witty and interesting. Anyway.... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Wednesday, 29 Feb 2012 | Views [811]
A few days in now and after the initial surreal experience on Saturday, it´s been (for the most part) much more relaxing since. Sunday I met three American guys and a Chilean girl at the hostel, and after a couple of hours of playing cards with a few ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Sunday, 26 Feb 2012 | Views [704]
Well. I´m not even sure I have the words to express what happened on my first night out in Cartagena....but I´ll do my best. For better or worse, I decided to do the aforementioned ´Chivas Party Bus´ on Saturday night, thinking it would be a good ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Saturday, 25 Feb 2012 | Photo Gallery
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COLOMBIA | Saturday, 25 Feb 2012 | Views [556]
So yesterday was not the straightforward start to the trip that I´d hoped for. After a lovely 4am wakeup call, I managed to get delayed at every single airport I had the misfortune to visit - starting with an hour on the tarmac at Heathrow swiftly ... Read more >
