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 …
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Cartagena de Indias
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
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
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
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
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
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
Crossing the Ecuador Colombia border in August 2018
Continue readingQuito, Otavalo & the Equator
On our second and third visits to Quito we stayed in the old town, which is a lot quieter than the New Town, especially at night. The old town has largely kept most of its …
Continue readingGalápagos Islands – Part 2 Land Based Activities
Before starting properly the second leg of our tour we visited the Chato Tortoise Reserve in the Highlands of Santa Cruz Island, which is a large farm where there are a large number of these …
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