Colombia Travel Blogs

Last night I asked for a wake up call at 4am. Yes, very early... And arranged a cab for 4:30am. When the phone rang, I was already awake, hahaha. Everything was ready. The only thing left for the final minute was packing the sweets that were inside the fridge, but didn't forget that. How could I do…

  Bogotá - Beautiful City 2600 Meters Closer to the Stars   Bogotá   Bogotá is the capital of Colombia. It’s located at an elevation of about 2,650 meters (8,660 feet) on a mountain-rimmed plateau high in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes Mountains near the equator. Its …

As I said up there in the summary, I'm a dashingly handsome 3yr old Teddy Bear called Paddy (short for Patrick - but I'm actually quite tall - over 20cms!) from Scoil Cnoc na Naomh, a primary school in Doire Chonaire, Gort an Choirce, Dhún na nGall (Donegal in Ireland). I'm being sort of 'bear-nap…

After much planning and saving, I've finally made the leap across the atlantic and landed in beautiful Bogota. I chose the Madrid route so I could get a glimpse of that wonderful city en-route. The flight was 11 hours of the usual excitement mixed with stiff neck, itchy legs and nodding off to slee…

Traveling from the airport to Boca, Fernando asked our taxi driver more questions and advice about how to get around in Cartagena, and I strained to listen for familiar words like "five thousand" (as in 'don't pay more than that for a taxi from Boca to the walled city') and "on the left" (as in 'th…

I had wanted to visit Cartagena ever since watching the movie "Romancing the Stone"  Now, the movie scenes from Cartagena were actually filmed in Veracruz, Mexico but that did not stop my desire to visit. I left Indianpolis on the morning of October 2, flying a Northwest DC-9 u…

I have always been fascinated by volcanoes. I remember being so impressed when, as a kid,  I read that story of a farmer in Mexico who in 1943 saw some steam coming out of his corn field through large cracks that opened in the Earth... He and his family witnessed the birth of a new volcano! Th…

Cartagena is a very beautiful city. The old city is enclosed in thick walls and protected by several old fortresses. In some places the walls are 40 feet thick and 40 feet high. The huge fortress overlooking the city on the hilltop is quite impressive with a labrynth of passageways inside the walls…

Ten days in Colombia with my kiwi friend Carol. We started in Cartagena de Indias, the most colonial city in America, then went to El Rodadero in Santa Marta for 3 days and finished ou trip relaxing in the amazing Tayrona Park.

After three days, including one cancelled flight, I finally made it to the last continent on my world tour, starting in Bogota, Colombia.  Luckily it´s been a week since my journey so I no longer care to complain about some of the hassles I dealt with in LAX, but being on U.S. soil was strang…

Reunited with the boys on the streets of Colombia I found myself in familar territory once again, on a mission to find some op shop clothes! Having walked for most the day already I was tempted to wait at the hostel but the boys were brimming with excitement, frothing at the prospect of some good d…

Hi everyone :) After being featured on the TB first page i feel commited to say something more about this visit... mmm... as i´m saying constantly: i think because this was my first travel blog Eric put me there to encourage me to write more and improve this something! jaja.. yes..…

An amazing experience in the Amazons.. Tarantulas, monkeys, anacondas, jaguars, caymans, pink dolphins, piranhas, bugs, lots of mosquito, lazy bears... thousands kinds of animals with the wonderful ecological reserves. Amazon River, one-day three-country trip, indigenous tribes, coca plants, fruits, Yaje ceremony, swimming with piranhas, traditional fishing, indigenous markets, sleeping in hammocks, taking bath in the lake of anacondas... There are lots of things to do.. Just see the pics :)

Artist Fernando Botero is from Medellin, Colombia, and some of his work is displayed in Plazo Botero!  My new friend Javier and I visited the park and had a blast!  I know I did not always show the respect I should for the Art, but I am one of the people that can not take art too seriousl…

The start of our journey!Well we are finally here! Felt like 2 days of travelling, and in fact it was as we left on 4th Sept from Chch to Auckland at 11am (flight 1hr), then Auckland - Buenos Aires at 4:30pm (flight 12hrs) and then we had to rush like mad to get to the transit counter as our fl…