Bogota, Medellin, Santa Marta, Cartagena is arguably a trip through Colombias tourist centres (a phrase I use lightly as Colombia is still far from touristy) from least to most attractive. I highly recommend this route, and not the reverse, ...
Categories: South America, Colombia, travel
Santa Marta is easy to pronounce, which was a great start. We had booked a handy 11am Avianca flight from Medellin to Santa Marta, so wed arrive at 12. Avianca had other ideas, and booted us off our nice flight and put us ...
Categories: South America, Colombia, travel
Medellin is pronounced Med-eh-jean, you uncultured swine. So now weve both embarrassingly learned that after pronouncing it wrong to several locals, lets continue. Edinburgh should have prepared me for all the bloody hills in Colombia....
Categories: South America, Colombia, travel
Bogota introduced me to a new, unfamiliar friend: altitude sickness. Bogota is 2640m above sea level, which means the air is thinner and you feel like you have a permanent hangover. However the feeling is probably not dissimilar to how one might feel after having...
Categories: South America, Colombia, travel
Dan is a big fan of Narcos, which doesnt exactly promote Colombia as a top tourist destination, but someone once told us it was nice and didnt deserve its reputation. That was all the convincing we needed. A couple of years ago I watched a TV show...
Categories: South America, Central America, travel
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