Destination: Colombia

Photos: Museo Del Oro (The Museum of Gold)

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 | By sally-annephillips | Photo Gallery

San Agustín to Bogotá and the Gold Museum

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 | By sally-annephillips | Views [1905] | Comments [1] | Video

The scenery from San Agust í n to Bogotá was really beautiful. It varied between mountains, valleys and deserts. There was a strong police and military presence; it was not unusual to see armed soldiers on the side of the road. At one point we were ... Read more >

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Photos: San Agustín

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 | By sally-annephillips | Photo Gallery

San Agustín

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 | By sally-annephillips | Views [1590] | Video

I find it hard to say what I liked most about San Agustín. The landscape, the history, the people, I was impressed by it all. Having arrived at night, my first impression was of the peace and beauty of the hacienda where I stayed. It was in the hills ... Read more >

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Photos: The Road to San Agustín

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 | By sally-annephillips | Photo Gallery

The Road to San Agustín

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 | By sally-annephillips | Views [2659] | Comments [1] | Video

It took six days to get from Vilcabamba, Ecuador, to San Agustín, Colombia. I had planned to get to Bogotá and then Caracas by bus as quickly as possible, but I realised that I needed a few rest stops and really wanted to visit San Agustín, to experience ... Read more >

Tags: colombia, ecuador, on the road, south america, travel

Colombia

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 | By rubylucas | Views [1038]

The hostel in Cali   We stayed in a hostel that was only a couple of months old and it was quite luxurious. One of the guys who owned the hostel (a Scotish guy who was terribly worried about whether the business would survive or leave ... Read more >

Photos: Colombia

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 | By rubylucas | Photo Gallery

South of the Border

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 | By max23 | Views [300]

There's a Mark Twain quote that I like to think of whenever I'm in a situation in which a decision will drastically change the course of my life.   "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't ... Read more >

Photos: Colombia

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 | By max23 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Colombia 2010

Sat, 3 Dec 2011 | By mstep | Photo Gallery

The Amazon!

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 | By cwalker1218 | Views [2503] | Comments [1]

We said our goodbyes to the boys in Bogota and flew to Leticia which is a small concrete town built miles from any other civilisation in the Amazon jungle. Leticia borders Brazil and Peru and the great Rio Amazonas (Amazon River) flows between them.... Read more >

Photos: The Amazon

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 | By cwalker1218 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Cities - Medellin & Bogota

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 | By cwalker1218 | Photo Gallery

Cities - Medellin & Bogota

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 | By cwalker1218 | Views [1525]

We had gotten so used to just turning up at a hostel and not having any problems that we hadn’t really been prepared for the hostel in Medellin being fully booked. After 17.5 hours on an overnight bus, we were tired and the city is so spread out that ... Read more >