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Many of Bogota’s houses are tagged and many other have beautiful graffitis. Some of them are a real work of art. But not everybody is happy with this kind of art. We learned that the city decided to restore the … Continue reading
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We liked Colombia and our backpacking tour so much we decided to go on another trip. We spent a week in the marina doing laundry, school, internet and simply resting. Then we took a flight to Bogota with no flight … Continue reading
Just like our flight to Medellin, our flight back to Santa Marta was cancelled because the employees of Avianca went on a strike. We managed to find a flight to Cartagena instead and so we booked an apartment via airbnb … Continue reading
It’s four hours now that we are driving on the sinuous roads behind smoking trucks and nervous bus drivers. Google maps says we have another hour and a half until we get to Jardin. We learned to double the Google … Continue reading
Apart from being in the zona cafetera Salento is known as the gateway to the Cocora valley where the the wax palm, the highest palm trees in the world (they can reach 60 meters) grow. Every traveler we met talked … Continue reading
Salento, about 7 hours driving south of Medellin, is a little and quite town in the zona cafetera – the coffee zone. The hills around are full of, obviously, coffee plantation. They claim Colombia has the best coffee in the … Continue reading
A small and picturesque village about 2 hours away from Medellin. Both we and Mehdi and Imen rented cars and knowing that it would be hard to follow each other driving to Guatape we decided to meet at the town’s … Continue reading
There is something special about this city. Some would call it ‘energy’ others ‘atmosphere’ but one thing is certain, Medellin is not like any other city we have ever visited. The city look huge. And with more than 3 millions … Continue reading
Et voilà nos vols pour Medellín sont réservés. Départ le 20 septembre et retour le 30. La voiture est réservée et nous attend chez Localiza 10 minutes de notre hôtel booké dans le quartier de El Poblado. Le free city … Continue reading
One hot day we decide to catch the local bus to Taganga, a small fishermen village about 10 minutes to the north of Santa Marta. Taganga is a well known backpackers destination mainly for its proximity with the Tayrona National … Continue reading