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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Colombia 2022 – Boyacá & Santander
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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 …
Continue readingCartagena de Indias – Getting Ready for Christmas
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Cartagena in the run up to Christmas
Continue readingSanta Cruz de Mompos – Macondo and Marquez
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Santa Cruz de Mompos is one of Colombia’s gems of a colonial city, has a beautiful consistency of old architecture and lazily sits alongside the fast flowing Magellan River. For much of its life it …
Continue readingVilla de Leyva – White Colonial Town
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We took the relatively short journey from Bogotá to Villa de Leyva by bus. The Bogotá traffic meant that it took well over an hour to get from Bogotá’s modern bus terminal to the city …
Continue readingBogotá- Gold and Graffiti
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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 …
Continue readingDiamantina – Diamonds
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From Belo Horizonte we took the five hour bus journey North to the remotest old colonial mining towns in Minas Gerais, the UNESCO World Heritage Town of Diamantina. Diamantina, as its name suggests was the …
Continue readingParaty
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Some 200 or so kilometres south of Rio de Janeiro is the old port town of Paraty, which today has become an important tourist destination close to the major population centres of Rio de Janeiro …
Continue readingRio de Janeiro
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From Ouro Preto we drove the final 400 or so kilometres on our overland journey from Boa Vista and arrived through the rain in Rio de Janeiro for a few days relaxation. We were earlier …
Continue readingOuro Preto – Black Gold
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From Brasilia we drove the 800+ kms to Ouro Preto, one of Brazil’s premier colonial mining towns in the heart of Minas Gerais State. Minas Gerais is one of the major mining and agricultural heartlands …
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