Category Archives: Colombia

While we had had a great time in Ecuador it was time to keep moving and next stop was Colombia. The lonely planet unfortunately let us down a bit, for while it suggested that we didn’t travel at night it didn’t really suggest where to stay and what to do. But we figured we wouldContinue reading “Colombia, What a First Day!!”

 After our brief sojourn at the lake we then headed north to Popayan. The bus trip was pretty uneventful other than it being a very windy road and we had the smelliest Colombian sitting behind us. So much so that I had to spend the majority of the 6 hour trip with my hoodie overContinue reading “Popayan”

The bus journey to Salento was pretty easy. More of a minibus than a bus and free wifi!!! Makes passing the time that bit easier and the helpfulness of all the locals made our change of bus easy too. In fact the bus driver was so worried that Sarah would get lost finding her wayContinue reading “Arrival in Salento”

We were up the next morning ready to catch a Jeep the 12kms to do a little hiking in the Cocora Valley. We arrived for the 9.30am Jeep and soon discovered that our seats were actually standing positions on a platform at the back of the Jeep. Apparently this was the locals position so onContinue reading “Valle de Cocora”

We were meant to leave to Medellin this morning but we were enjoying ourselves in Salento so much and it was so beautiful that we decided to stay another day, plus we hadn’t visited a coffee farm or “finca” yet. The recommendation from our host was to go to Finca Don Elias which was aboutContinue reading “Colombian Coffee”

We caught an early bus to Medellin. The most amazing thing about the trip was that the bus had wifi so Tim was able to listen to Newcastle United win one of their all important games to avoid relegation. We seemed to have to take a detour off the main road for some reason butContinue reading “Medellin, First Night!”

A couple of people had recommended a trip to Guatape as the thing to do on a Sunday so we decided to join the throngs and head out there. After a fairly lazy start to the day we caught the metro to the northern bus station and hopped on a bus for our 90 minContinue reading “Lazy Sunday in Guatape”

Today was our final day in Medellin. We had a night bus booked to Cartagena at 8.15pm so had a bit of time to kill. We wandered down to the coffee shop that Efrain recommended and it was the best coffee we have had since leaving Australia. So much so we had two!  We thenContinue reading “Medellin – A brief history”

So when we told people that we were going to Colombia the place “to go” always seemed to be Cartagena and so we were both quite excited about getting here. So even after 15 hours on the bus and with the scorching heat that met is on arrival we were keen to see the place.Continue reading “Cartagena “

Our next stop was Santa Marta. About a 4 hour drive north of Cartagena. On arrival we both took a liking to the place. It had a much more Colombian feel to it again. Definietly a tourist town but mostly for Colombians. We were staying in a really nice hostel and Fernando the owner reallyContinue reading “Santa Marta and Minca”