Opting to fly to Bogota from Cartagena and then rejoin the tour group in Villa de Leyva was one of my wisest decisions to date. I skipped a hot and horrendous 18 hour trucking bus ride back to Bucaramanga and then more down to VdL. Sharing with Hayley and Stephanie…
South America
charmingly stifiling Cartagena
/ 20/04/2013One of the main reasons I am riding this big yellow truck through Colombia is because I’ve been told by David the Colombian to visit Cartagena on the Caribbean coast. A favourite with domestic and international tourists it features a naval base, high end hotels, black sand beaches, three theatres,…
taking a hike in Taganga and Tayrona
/ 14/04/2013Colombia has always intrigued me with its varied personality and reputation. Having Colombian friends among the loveliest people I’ve known it seemed at odds with the societal view of being in constant danger when roaming the streets. A few weeks in and I’ve felt more unsafe in Brazil following being…
long way from anywhere in Los Llanos
/ 03/04/2013We are now in a family-run tourist camp, sleeping in hammocks, sharing very few toilets and hose pipes for showers which are routinely also home to large frogs, crickets, bats and anything else that can crawl or fly into the outdoor facilities. We reached Los Llanos in south western Venezuela…
very violeta Mérida
/ 03/04/2013After 16 hours on a bus through three checkpoints, self-catered lunch at a toilet block on the side of the road and the final hours spent winding up and down the Andes, we reached Mérida in western Venezuela. I was hamstrung for available activities by a lack of funds due…