Destination: Colombia
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Mon, 10 Apr 2006 | By will | Views [4797] | Comments [25]
I spent three great weeks in Colombia in December/January 06. Here are a few tips for other travellers going that way. It´s a lovely country and well worth the effort. Travel was very easy, most towns have modern bus stations and lots of competition ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Tips
Tue, 3 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [4328]
This week has been something of a theme week. I've been to Cartagena de Indias which was very much a part of the Spanish main and the site of much swashbuckling and derring do. It is still home to the Colombian Navy, Armada de la Republica de Colombia,which ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 | By will | Views [4038] | Comments [16]
I have been in Latin America since the beginning of the year and one Frequently Asked Question has been; which is your favorite country so far? And the answer has to be Colombia . Colombia , the name itself is enough to strike unease into most ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Tips
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [3930]
O.K. A few of my vegetarian friends have been logging on so as promised here are a few pin-ups to set your mouths watering. They will need to since all these are dried pulses, displayed to great effect in large barrels in most of the stores and part of ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [3819]
June 18 - June 23, 2008 I arrived Bogota at 7 am after a 7 hour bus ride from San Gil. Once I arrived, couchsurfer Eliana was there waiting for me at the bus terminal. We sat and waited for ever to catch a bus or cab back to her place. We finally ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Nov 2004 | By solbeam | Views [2696]
You COULD hike to La Ciudad Perdida in the dry season, but then you´d miss out on.. pre-hike muscle warm ups... showers with REAL water pressure... hour-after-hour of giggle worthy mud music... alternative modes of aerial transport.... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Wed, 21 Jun 2006 | By clarinette | Views [2088] | Comments [3]
My last 6 days have been spent hiking to the "Ciudad Perdida" (The
lost city) which is, true to its name, a city built around 1000 years ago,
forgotten, lost and swallowed up by the jungle for a very long time, only to be
rediscovered ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sat, 28 Jan 2006 | By will | Views [1978] | Comments [3]
We did this trek in January 2006 and it is a good introduction to trekking in the High Andes. The route takes you from the wonderful Wax Palm valley of Cocora, through the Cloud forest and up to the unique Andean mountain environment of the Paramo.... Read more >
Tags: Trekking Route Descriptions
Wed, 5 Nov 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [1849]
I had a fantastic time with Yuly in Cali, especially when she took me to a Halloween fiesta with a whole lot of couchsurfers. But Halloween didn´t just stop there. I caught a bus to Bogota, for 45,000 pesos, and met Mario (who let me stay in his house ... Read more >
Wed, 1 Dec 2004 | By solbeam | Views [1751] | Comments [1]
Journal Entry December 1st, 2004 Playa Blanca, Islas de Rosaria Off of coast of Cartegena, Colombia Yesterday,
today, tomorrow. 365 days a year, For millennia upon millennia. Over
desert, jungle, city and sea. In the slums, on the streets and ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sun, 5 Dec 2004 | By solbeam | Views [1598] | Comments [2]
The heat has exhausted me and I slide under the shade of a
palm-thatched hut on the beachfront. Small, tanned, naked children roll
around on the sand floor absorbed in their individual imaginations. I
smile, again admire the world that those under ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Fri, 23 Dec 2005 | By bigfish | Views [1586] | Comments [1]
Well, just in time for those of you looking for a few pointers on adding a little variety to the Christmas cuisine, I've decided to make an attempt to broach the subject of food. Initially I made a few mistakes here on the food front. I offered to cook ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Tue, 10 Jan 2006 | By willlou | Views [1567] | Comments [2]
We celebrated Christmas on a beach on a lovely islamd off Panama City and had Christmas dinner, Panamanian style, in the evening at a good hotel. A few days later my sister flew back to England and we flew across the Darien Gap to Medellin in Columbia.... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [1524]
On Sunday we all decided that it was too hot and bothered to stay in Barranquilla. Six of us and two children hit the streets looking for a taxi. The group consisted of from left to right: Kelly,Rosemary,Johan,Katy,Tonia,and the children: Zhary and Dilan.... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Fri, 25 May 2007 | By will | Views [1285]
I’ve had a number of mails recently from people asking about safety in Colombia and I thought it would be useful to place things in context. The picture above is a chart in a Colombian bus station, which are displayed in all the bus stations in the country.... Read more >
Tags: Observations
Sat, 14 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [1030]
O.K. It's time for a little bit of a detox. The beer and Veg and two meat diet is starting to take it's toll. There has been a certain shift in attitudes among those around me, my new nicknames of "El Gordo" and "Sancho Panza", which ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Tue, 17 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [1027]
Whereas my affair with the fine Aguila beer already has the feel of a lasting, dare I say life-long, relationship about it. My shallow trysts with the national hards drinks of Colombia will remain as just that, flirtations trysts and dalliances. So far ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [866]
Monday, June 30 - Monday, July 14, 2008..... My couchsurfing hosts (Josh & Karen) are great people, and I was fortunate enough to stay at their place for 12 nights. They were very kind and welcoming couple. She is from Colombia and he is from Kansas, ... Read more >
Wed, 14 Jun 2006 | By clarinette | Views [809] | Comments [6]
I am now in the sweltering heats of Cartagena, Colombia... The city is an absolute gem - Unbelievabley beautiful and much cleaner than anything I ever experienced in Ecuador. The city has a timeless air to it... When here, you feel as though you could ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [800]
Down on the beach it was hammock and food time. I didn't get around to a lot of swimming. The sea is more that a little treacherous around here as you might see by the number of lifeguards (salvavidas). They are the fellows with bright orange gear on ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Thu, 8 Dec 2005 | By bigfish | Views [760]
After a day of sweaty chaos we arrived at the game barely on time. Carlos had arranged the tickets and there was no way he was going to let me back out of another game. Unlike the players I'd been wearing my generic, nylon, Junior away shirt all day, ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sat, 3 Dec 2005 | By bigfish | Views [733]
On that fateful day we were nearly struck by the runaway bus the local football team, Barranquilla Junior were playing Cali. Junior Barranquilla are probably the best known and their stadium the most famous in Colombia. Carlos the upstairs neighbour asked ... Read more >
Tags: People
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [696] | Comments [1]
The past few weeks here in Colombia have been such a huge cultural experience because I have really felt like one of the locals. Families here have taken me into their houses and treated me like one of their own. I have been given plenty of hugs, gifts ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Sep 2007 | By jonno-nadia | Views [617] | Comments [1]
After a 6 hour bus that actually took 9 hours we arrived in Atacames on the north coast of Ecuador, our first experience in the northern hemisphere on this trip. It is a very busy town full of holiday goers, not foreigners though mainly just vacating ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Tue, 6 Dec 2005 | By bigfish | Views [614]
Found this little fellow hanging upside-down in the bathroom. Persuaded Kelly to come to take a look and to tell me what it was. "Aiiiieeeee Largatija...." she squealed. I got out of the bathroom pretty quick, thinking by her reaction that it ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
