Destination: Colombia
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Mon, 10 Apr 2006 | By will | Views [4798] | 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
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 | By jorge_tote | Views [247] | Comments [6]
For english read below in Italic letters El comienzo:: Luego de un largo y barato lechero vuelo desde San Diego a Colombia, donde me toco dormir en el aeropuerto de Miami con todas mis maletas amarradas a mi mano con una cuerda. Todo comienza ... Read more >
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, 18 Jun 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [364] | Comments [3]
The more astute amongst you will have noticed that I am indeed trying to row a motorised boat with a stick. That`s what happens when the motor on the boat you are in breaks down 2km from the nearest "settlement" in the middle of the Amazon.... Read more >
Tags: amazon jungle
trekking
survival
Wed, 6 May 2009 | By k-lero | Views [396] | Comments [11]
Qué contar de todo un mes por Colombia? Es un país espectacular, uno de los mejores que he visitado hasta el momento en todo el continente, por sus sitios, su gentes y su encanto. Y afortunada o desafortunadamente está todavía poco explotado turísticamente ... Read more >
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
Sun, 15 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [547]
No they are NOT two superheroes and YOU know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. I saw this cautionary banner as I was passing the fruit and veg market in El Centro today and I thought I would share it with you. For those of you whose eyes are not as good ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Tue, 12 May 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [324] | Comments [6]
Well I've gotta say, that I love the city of Bogota, it is most likely my favorite city we've come across on this trip! Our last stop in South America, Bogota, is a high mountain city, at 2600 meters(8500 feet) filled with color, cobblestone streets, ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [249] | Comments [4]
Mensaje para mis compadres de este viaje Esta caminata fue una de las mas impresionantes que yo he hecho. La belleza de la selva, las ruinas, los saltos locos de las piedras y arboles etc. Pero, tambien el humor y ambiente de este viaje fue muy ... Read more >
Tags: trekking
ruins
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
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 | By senor-lance | Views [269] | Comments [3]
I am saying chau to south america in cartagena. Tomorrow i will take a yacht to panama. The biggest chapter in my adventure is about over. It has been the most intense, challenging, and satisfying adventure of my life. There were leaps more high than ... Read more >
Wed, 12 Aug 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [131] | Comments [3]
Seid mal wieder ganz herzlich von der anderen Seite des Atlantischen Ozeans gegrüßt! Diesmal gibts Neuigkeiten aus Bogotá, der Hauptstadt Kolumbiens! Nachedem ich nun nach einem Tag Pause in Popayan, mit frisch gewaschenen Klamotten, weiter nach Cali, ... Read more >
Tags: sevilla, armenia, parque nacional de café, bogotá
Sun, 26 Apr 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [169] | Comments [3]
I´ve gotta admit, Colombians have style. Getting into a taxi cab, the driver sipping a infinitely small cup of dark black colombian coffee(the first group of south americans who actually drink drip coffe, not instant), nice colombian guitar music in ... 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
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 >
Wed, 6 May 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [251] | Comments [2]
Cartagena, Colombia! When you say it, you need to have a strong spanish accent, remember that the "g" is pronounced like a "hey", and is sounds like this, Carta-hey-nah. It is a very cool city. Our first night in the city, ... Read more >
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 | By rodolpheandsigi | Views [234] | Comments [2]
La seule chose qu'on savait avant d'embarquer sur le Stahlratte direction Colombie c'est que ca allait etre soit le pire, soit le meilleur moment du trip. Finalement, la chance nous a sourit. Et comment! Avant tout, il faut bien comprendre la raison ... Read more >
Fri, 14 Aug 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [171] | Comments [5]
So Leute, ich sitze gerade in Santa Marta, an der Nord- bzw. Karibikküste in Kolumbien und schwitze mir echt nen Ast! Ich wohne bei einem ganz netten Kolumbianer im Haus mit und von dessen Balkon und meiner Hängematte hat ma einen fantastischen Ausblick ... Read more >
Mon, 24 Aug 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [168] | Comments [5]
Buenos Dias,
dieses Mal muß ich, den Geschehnissen
zu Hause entsprechend mit einer tollen Nachricht anfangen!
Seit dem 20. August 2009 bin ich
stolzer ONKEL von Lina Hartmann! Ganz liebe Grüße von hieraus an
die stolzen Eltern Heike ... Read more >
Tags: guajira, cabo de vela
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By bagen | Views [462] | Comments [1]
We`ve been making our way north along the western side (ish) of this `ere continent... and wouldn`t you know it - we`ve finally arrived on the Caribbean up here in the North of Colombia. Its hot, humid and just plain delightful. Some highlights ... 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
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 | By rodolpheandsigi | Views [301] | Comments [1]
Que ce soit dit haut et fort: Mettez tous les cliches negatifs sur la Colombie au placard et venez, au plus vite, decouvrir ce pays avant qu'il se retrouve en haut de la liste de tous les tour-operators! Ce pays regorge de milles atouts. Le principal, ... Read more >
Tue, 28 Apr 2009 | By nickandlaina | Views [250] | Comments [4]
Parque National Tayrona is very close to Taganga, however, it is a climate world away. Taganga is in a scorched, hot desert-like coastland, and Tayrona NP is in a thick, humid, tropical jungle. We took the local bus from Santa Marta(right outside Taganga) ... Read more >
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [229] | Comments [1]
Firstly - Let us apologise for the gap since our last blog. It is not because we have not had time to do it, it is because we have not had the facilities to do it. In the last 2 weeks we travelled from San Jose in Costa Rica on 17 hours bus trip to ... Read more >
Tags: panama to colombia
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 | By sebanddee | Views [197] | Comments [1]
We decided to get some basic Spanish before doing anything else so we phoned a number on an add for Spanish tutoring in the hostel which we are staying on the day we arrived. It turns out that Javier, the tutor, is moving to Byron Bay with his Aussie ... Read more >
