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”
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Tayrona National Park
This morning I will admit that I awoke a little fuzzy headed after having enjoyed a few rums the night before but it wasn’t long until I was feeling fine as we were off to Tayrona National park. The park was described as where the rainforest meets the beach and we were both pretty excited.Continue reading “Tayrona National Park”
Playa Cristal
Fernando had told us that if we wanted to go to the best beach around here we had to go to Playa Cristal. You had to get a taxi to town about 15mins away called Taganga and then an hour by boat. We arrived, got our boat ticket and then sat down to wait forContinue reading “Playa Cristal”
Santa Marta to Necocli
So yesterday we left Santa Marta to begin our journey to Panama. It was sad to leave Santa Marta as the place really had everything and it was a shame we were only there for a few days and in fact probably only scratched the surface. Our bus arrived to pick us up just asContinue reading “Santa Marta to Necocli “
Capurgana = Paradise
We went down to the dock early to make sure we didn’t miss out on ferry tickets and sat watching the dock boys working while eating breakfast and drinking coffee. There are a lot more black people along the Caribbean coast of Colombia so the physic has changed from Latino who are short, to bigContinue reading “Capurgana = Paradise”
Day 2 in Paradise
Well today wasn’t the most active of days by any stretch of the imagination. There was no climbing of mountains or visiting of museums or sacred places. In fact we went and laid down on the beach and went for the occasional dip in the crystal clear waters before coming back to our towels andContinue reading “Day 2 in Paradise”
Sapzuro
We awoke the next morning to cloudy skies and choppy seas. Not the greatest of weather for an island hopping adventure. We were desperately hoping it would clear up for the next 4 days. The rest of the group who we would be doing the trip with were arriving and after meeting them we allContinue reading “Sapzuro”
The adventure begins!
So after having enjoyed a couple of days of sunshine and no wind and then the weather not being great yesterday, the morning we awoke to begin our adventure to Panama there was a huge storm. In fact there were lightning strikes and the rain was pouring down. We had packed our bags in binContinue reading “The adventure begins!”
Day 2 in San Blas
After waking up with a killer hangover, we then packed up and had a one and a half hour boat trip to our next island destination. The sea was calm and we even got a little bit of sunshine but the clouds soon closed back in. The next island was again a Kuna village butContinue reading “Day 2 in San Blas”
San Blas day 3…more tropical islands!!
So we got up today with a 3 hour boat trip ahead of us but there was a bit of a storm!! Not quite as much lightening as the first day but enough wind to delay us for a bit. Luckily there was a clear patch of sky in the distance to pin our hopesContinue reading “San Blas day 3…more tropical islands!!”