Colombia Travel Blogs

First thing to do at the terminal would be exchanging money, which I couldn't do because I didn't have my passport with me, grrrrr. Who will be always carrying his passport? Nevermind. Terminal is big and had a lot of things to do, including internet cafes and lots of shops. Mmm, I know where I'd b…

  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…

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…

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…

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.

Spend more time in The Botero Museum. Go to the Museum of Gold, La Casa de la Moneda, Museo del Banco de la Republica. Go to the 20 de Julio Museum- a copy of the declaration of Independence is here and the house is also the house where all the revolution started. Visit Monserrate - the church …

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…

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…

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..…

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…

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 :)