Going South from the Zona Cafetera, the number of tourists is greatly reduced, especially as distances are greater from the major population centres of Bogotá and Medellín and international tourists stick to the arc between …
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Colombia 2022 – Zona Cafetera

Our first destination in the Zona Cafetera was the university town of Manizales. The town, unusually for Latin America, sits right on top of a mountain, with the principal city centre street being the highest …
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2022 journey to Medellin and Jardín de Antioquia
Continue readingColombia 2022 – Caribbean Coast

From Bucaramanga we took the bus North to Mompos. The journey took most of the day, though once we were out of the mountain valley, the road improved immeasurably. Mompos is situated on the Magdalena …
Continue readingColombia 2022 – Boyacá & Santander

Travelling North from Bogotá the temperatures climb as you move to lower altitudes into the fertile and economically productive provinces of Boyacá and Santander. Once you have escaped the notorious Bogotá traffic, the route North …
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After the hiatus of the pandemic, the world is beginning to open up and we decided to gently return to international travel by returning to Colombia, a country we last visited in 2018. We made …
Continue readingPilgrimage Route, London to Canterbury

Pilgrimage walk from London to Canterbury, following the old pilgrimage route to Beckets shrine at Canterbury Cathedral and made famous in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Continue readingVenice – Travel in COVID Times

After returning from South America at the end of 2018 we planned to have a year off travelling before embarking on an overland journey down the Silk Road from London through Turkey and Central Asia …
Continue readingCartagena de Indias – Getting Ready for Christmas

Cartagena in the run up to Christmas
Continue readingTayrona National Park: Colombian Tropical Paradise

Tayrona National Park,
Tropical beaches where the unspoilt jungle meets the Caribbean Sea