Destination: Colombia

More Cartagena

Tue, 9 Jun 2009 | By pwalton | Views [548]

The Summit is going really well, I have met so many people that have started some really incredible organizations. Because I'm volunteering I'm constantly busy and on my feet. Tonight was a dinner for the delegates put on by the Government on top of the ... Read more >

Cartagena and The Microcredit Summit

Mon, 8 Jun 2009 | By pwalton | Views [575]

My journey began on Sunday morning at 2:00am leaving LA for Panama City. The flight was fast because I was asleep the entire time, Disneyland took a lot out of me. I was so stoked to get to see the Panama Canal from the air while landing...yeah its only ... Read more >

Exit Colombia - Enter Ecuador

Sun, 7 Jun 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1412]

5/6 In Pasto we stayed in a hotel close to the bus station (Hotel Villara) 10,000 for a double room with baño and cable tv and a big window opening onto a fairly quiet street. The first day we just laxed out and watched tv and the next day went into ... Read more >

Gallery: Bus trip Mocoa to Pasto

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery

Amazing bus trip from Mocoa to Pasto

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [8020]

The next morning, still drizzling, we caught a collectivo (car that goes when full) to Pitalito and from there through to Mocoa. We stayed the night in a small residencia which was a very simple room with a bed for 7,000p. Mocoa was an uninteresting ... Read more >

Gallery: El Desierto Tatacoa

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery

San Agustin & El desierto Tatacoa

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [2819]

San Agustin San Agustin is a place of lush green landscapes, river valleys and random pre-Colombian statues. It has to be one of the most pleasent and laid back places in all of Colombia. I passed a few days there ... Read more >

Tags: desert ruins

Gallery: San Agustin

Tue, 2 Jun 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery

San Agustin

Tue, 2 Jun 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [2516]

We arrived after a very fast (for central america and colombia) 9 hour bus trip overnight from Bogota. Went looking for a place to camp and got invited into a womans house to use her spare room for 7,000. This was a lucky thing as it started to rain ... Read more >

Gallery: BOGOTA

Tue, 2 Jun 2009 | By kaplan | Photo Gallery

What getting your visa renewed tells you about Colombia

Tue, 2 Jun 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [1438]

How bureaucracies and bureaucrats go about their business can tell you a lot about a country. Colombia is no different. For example, a few days ago I had to go the immigration office in Popayan to get my visa extended for another month. In theory, the ... Read more >

Tags: visa extensions observations on colombia

Gallery: Coffee Country

Mon, 25 May 2009 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery

Coffee Country - Don Elias, Wax Palm Trees & Finca Villa Maria

Mon, 25 May 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [3192]

I've spent the last week in Colombia's "Zona Cafatera" which is an area of verdant hills, exotic bird life, wax palm trees (well, in the valle cocara at least)and coffee (sometimes it is important to state the obvious). The first few days ... Read more >

Tags: coffee fincas

Bogota

Fri, 22 May 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1207] | Comments [1]

We arrived in Bogota in the evening around 9pm (30,000 each from San Gil to Bogota). Arriving late in any city is never our plan as it's not good to wander around in the dark and we can't disguise the fact we are tourists... On arrival our bus driver ... Read more >

Gallery: Bogota

Thu, 21 May 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery