Latin American and European Journeys
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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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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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From Cartagena we took the small flight to Medellín. Medellin after it’s traumatic history back in the 1980/90s is a definite highlight on any trip to Colombia, seeing how the city has recovered from its …
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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 …
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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 …
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Peru is your archetypal South American country with an intoxicating mixture of Andean culture, colourful markets, spectacular scenery, elegant colonial cities and probably South America’s best cuisine. Most visitors make pretty much the same tour …
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Colombia is one of South America’s best kept secrets and is beginning to becoming a mainstream tourist destinations in the continent, after many years of bad press and security issues putting off all but the …
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Cartagena in the run up to Christmas
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Tayrona National Park,
Tropical beaches where the unspoilt jungle meets the Caribbean Sea