Thursday, 14 Oct 2010 | Views [7499]
To get to the Caribbean Coast we had to take our first overnight bus in Colombia. Throughout South America we had been warned of arctic overnight buses caused by powerful
air conditioning, but having never experienced anything other than the natural ... Read more >
Tags: capurganá, caribbean coast, cartagena, darien gap, diving, santa marta, taganga, tayrona
Sunday, 26 Sep 2010 | Views [3884] | Comments [2]
Medellin was notoriously known for being the most dangerous city in the world during the 1980’s and 90’s because it was ruled by Pablo Escobar 's Medellin cocaine
cartel. Today the city is a thriving place and safe for travellers and the ... Read more >
Tags: arequipe, barichara, bogota, botero, gold, guane, medellin, pablo escobar, san gil
Thursday, 16 Sep 2010 | Views [3425] | Comments [1]
Ecuador sent us out with a huge party in our honour, well actually they were celebrating something completely different, keeping us awake with music blaring until 3.30 in
the morning in the towns main square. Unable to sleep we set off early for ... Read more >
Tags: cali, coffee, las lajas, popayan, salento, san agustin, tejo, valle de cocora