After some 82 days in Brazil, we returned to Colombia for the final leg of our journey and complete the journey down the Magdalena Valley to the coast which we could not fit in our …
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Leticia – The Amazon and Three Countries
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Our first experience of the Amazon was in the remote Colombian port of Leticia on a small part of Colombia that extends down to the Amazon River. The only way of reaching Leticia from Colombia …
Continue readingBogotá – Second Visit
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On any extensive trip to South America, at some time most visitors will pass through Bogotá, Colombia’s capital, which is Colombia’s major transport hub and is also fast becoming one of South America’s principal hub …
Continue readingCartagena de Indias
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After a long bus journey from Medellín we arrived in Cartagena on the Caribbean coast to complete the South American leg of the Pan American Highway all the way from the end of the world …
Continue readingMedellín – A City Reborn
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Medellín is a city with an infamous reputation and when we first visited Colombia back in 1989 it was simply too dangerous to visit as it was the epicentre of Pablo Escobar’s drug cartel. Since …
Continue readingCali, Salento – Salsa and Coffee
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The bus from Popayán to Cali took just over three hours through some incredibly fertile farmland where it seems that anything can grow. Indeed after the Andean countries to the South, Colombia feels very different, …
Continue readingPopayán – White City
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We took a much-delayed bus from Pasto to Popayán, which was full of Deportivo Cali supporters returning from an away game in the Copa South America in Quito. The supporters, both male and female and …
Continue readingTierradentro – Remote Ancient Burial Chambers
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Close to San Agustín is Colombia’s second archeological UNESCO World Heritage Site, the ancient caves and burial chambers that were built around 600 to 900 AD. Again not much is known about the culture that …
Continue readingSan Agustín – Archaeological Capital of Colombia
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From Popayán the bus journey to San Agustín is only 139 kms but with the 50 kms or so of the road through the Parque Nacional Natural Puracé being unpaved and full of potholes the …
Continue readingCrossing the Ecuador Colombia Border
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Crossing the Ecuador Colombia border in August 2018
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