On our first morning in Salento we are up and in a colectivo by 7.30am ready to hike Cocora Valley, which is one of the sights that both of us are most excited about in Colombia. The ‘Willy’s Jeeps’ are lined up in the square and there will be someone Read more…
Salento is coffee heaven. It’s a lovely, quiet town surrounded by plantations so you have a big choice of farms to visit. I had read some reviews so based on those and the posters around the town it seemed that Don Elias was the town’s coffee godfather, and a bit Read more…
Playa Blanca is under an hour from Cartagena by bus. We took the shuttle bus from Mamallena hostel in Gestemani. This was a straight-forward way to get there and includes an open return, meaning you can come back whenever you like. As you arrive at Playa Blanca you immediately get Read more…
We had read a lot about Bogota before visiting. It was boring. It was just a dirty city. There was nothing to do. Our first thoughts when we got off of the bus were… wow, Bogota is cold! That’s the first thing we notice. Usually, we’ve seen locals wearing jumpers Read more…
We had already read about Colombia’s love of Tejo (less of a drinking game as such, but a game that goes hand in hand with drink), so when we saw a bar advertising ‘gunpowder and beer’ we just had to go in. It was actually quite daunting, but that was Read more…
We came to Salento from Medellin; seven hours in a decent mini-bus. When we arrived in Salento’s main square on Saturday evening it was so cute. This is coffee region, and where Colombians come for weekend breaks. It’s very picturesque, and there are even more poncho and cowboy hat wearing Read more…
Our plans to visit Guadalupe came from reading See Colombia’s famous Las Gachas post on the area. We are keen to include ‘off the beaten track’ locations in our list of destinations and this seemed like a fantastic addition. We took an overnight bus from Santa Marta, and got out Read more…
Tayrona National Park is considered to be one of the most beautiful parts of Colombia. We came back to Santa Marta after Minca and the next morning we were up and flagging down the local bus. Our first local bus experience was great! As long as you are on the Read more…
Cartagena is on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. It’s a very tourist orientated city, which was our first stop in Colombia and actually our first stop on our entire South America trip. Although this eased us in to the Colombia and South American culture we quickly realised as we travelled on that Read more…