Feeling at home in Colombia's coffee oasis Salento
We were especially looking forward to Salento, because here we would not be spending the time as a pair but together with dear Laura from Karlsruhe …
Colombia
Four weeks in Colombia in July 2017: the Guajira desert, the hike to Ciudad Perdida, Cartagena, Medellín, Guatapé and the coffee oasis of Salento.
Bus travel Colombian style: 34 km. 3 hours. Always nicely along the edge.
If we die here, it is your fault, because you absolutely had to go to Jardín. I can live with that. If we are both dead, nobody will ever find out. …
From Medellín to picturesque Guatapé
From the once most dangerous city in the world, Medellín, we took the bus to Guatapé, which lies on what is probably the most picturesque reservoir in …
A travel slump in Cartagena
Cartagena de Indias - the beauty, the walled city, the colonial heart of Colombia. The streets are lined with flowers trailing down from wooden …
Hiking to the lost city - Ciudad Perdida
We spent the last four days in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and walked to Colombia’s Machu Picchu: the Ciudad Perdida. Through deep green …
Kickstart in Colombia: through the Guajira desert to the northernmost point of South America
Having just arrived in Santa Marta, our plan was to take things slowly: stroll through the streets a bit, eat well, soak up some sun and settle into …