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After being so long on the roads it was great to be back at the boat. We missed our little chez nous. But some things we did not miss, for example, the heat and the humidity of the marina. On … Continue reading
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Everyone goes to San Gil for its extreme sports scene – paragliding, mountain biking, rafting, bungee jumping, you name it. We spent our time in a very mundane and not at all extreme way – going to the local market, … Continue reading
It is our second time on the American continent. For us, travelling in the last half a year in small dry and flat islands of the Bahamas and the ABC, South America had a lot of appeal. Mountains, rivers, tropical … Continue reading
We never heard the word paramo before. Paramo is a tropical high altitude ecosystem. You find it between the tree-line and the permanent snow. It a very important ecological ecosystem not only because of its unique flora and fauna but … Continue reading
Early in the morning we took a small and crowded bus to Aquitania. This little town sits at 3015 meters on board of the biggest lake in Colombia. The smell that reached us left no mistake – all these fields … Continue reading
One taxi, two buses and a couple of hours moving around with our home on our back and we arrived in Villa de Leyva. A little picturesque town with white houses where the rich of Bogota come to enjoy their … Continue reading
The area surrounding Zipaquire, a small town about an hour north of Bogota, used to be covered by a very salty ocean millions of years ago. The water disappeared but the salt was left behind in the rocks. The indigenous … Continue reading
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
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