One of our last stops in Colombia a town called Popayán. It was pleasant enough we stayed on the town square just for the night. You can get a lama ride in the park, we thought that we were too…
Colombia – San Agustín
We finally made it to San Agustin and stayed a few nights at a lovely little guest house at the top of the hill. This is the view, better than TV. The town is known for the statues in the…
Colombia – Tatacoa Desert
On the way to San Agustin, we broke up the journey and stayed a night in the Tatacoa desert. The desert has an observatory where you can go star gazing, unfortunately it was cloudy the night that we were there…
Colombia – Bogotá
After a 9 hour overnight bus journey, we got to Bogotá. We headed straight out to to visit the Cathedral of Salt, built within the tunnels of a salt mine, 200 meters underground in a Halite mountain near the town…
Colombia – Salento
Salento, is the prettiest little Colonial town we have seen. The streets and surrounding countryside are just beautiful. We went on a walk through Valle de Cocora. Rugged peaks. The valley was picture postcard perfect. There are wax palm trees…
Colombia – Medellín
Medellín was the murder capital of the world, but now, as with most of Colombia, it is a safe and amazing city. They are happy to have tourists and are really friendly. Plaza Mayor. The statues has the ashes of…
Colombia – National Park Tayrona
The National Park is beautiful, you have to walk to the campsite, which takes an hour, but luckily you can get a horse to carry your bags. It was super hot, but the walk was beautiful. There are many beaches…
Colombia – Santa Marta
Two things happened in Santa Marta, first we stayed in a hostel that was a Colombian drug cartels house, the government took it back and now it is a hostel. This is the pool. Second, we went to see the…
Colombia – Cartagena
We sailed into Cartagena, Colombia on an overcast morning. We were happy and sad to get off the boat after 5 days at sea. It did take a few hours to stop feeling like we were still on the boat.…