Tag: colombia
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Thrilling Colombia: trampoline of death
The good news is: our little party of four survived this infamous trampolín de la muerte and believe me, we certainly didn’t take this for granted! We were nervous (to say the least) about taking this road and did consider at some point a detour over Popayan (safe but much much longer). Two travelers we…
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Megalithic Colombia: San Agustin
For once, I’ll spare you the hours spent on buses and taxis as by now you must have understood that every trip is a journey in itself and traveling in Colombia needs time. We made it in San Agustin where we found a wonderful hostel. The owners made us feel at home right away and…
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Colorful Colombia: Desierto de la Tatacoa
After an 8-hour bus journey and an overnight in Neiva, we easily found a jeep that took us to the desert of Tatacoa. What a delight to be again surrounded by heat and sun! Priceless! Our time in Salento might have been great but we were happy to leave the cooler weather behind. We reached…
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Exotic Colombia: Salento
After another long journey, 12 hours, 3 buses and an almost sleepless night (no Alex, we are still not looking into buying a bike), we arrived early (indecently early) in Salento. This quiet village in the Zona Cafetera region was very sleepy when we got off the bus but it looked promising. Our bus driver,…
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Paisa Colombia: Medellín and Guatape
What to say about Medellin? From reading books on the Medellín Cartel, I was intrigued. What could a city look like post-cartel? How could it move into a new era? We arrived with an open-minded attitude and after bumping into our German friend from our Cabo de la Vela adventure (love those unexpected encounters that…
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Adventurous Colombia: Cabo de la Vela and Punta Gallinas
When people told us that it would take time to reach Cabo de la Vela, they were not joking. Come on, this cannot be that bad, this is only 400 kilometers, we thought. It turned out that everything, up there, goes much slower than in the rest of the country. It took us three days,…
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Bella Colombia: Cartagena or the place that helped me beat my homesickness!
We duly arrived in Cartagena (what a beautiful city) where we officially started our South American exploration and Houston, we have a problem… I. Haven’t. Been. Able. To. Feel. Any. Enthusiasm. Nor. Excitement! (YET). How does she dare feeling that way, you are probably wondering. Don’t worry, many people are. They believe that, since I’m living…
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