Ipiales Travel Blogs

Ipiales is definitely a mountain town. At about 9100 feet it gets cold in the evening but the sun is quite strong. In the morning I went to see the Sanctuary of Las Lajas which is this big stone church set across a river gorge in the mountains just outside Ipiales. After bargaining with the cab dri…

I´m spending around 1 year in South America, I had an amazing time. Enjoy my pictures, I'd do it again.

My last stop in Colombia took me to a town with a beautiful Gothic church built right in a gorge over a river.  It is a great man-made wonder.  I met a couple from Quito while there.  The gal was so friendly and greeted me like I was an old friend.  She and her husband…

Dank des Ecuadorianischen Botschafters in Berlin, der Katha ihr Voluntaers-Visum verweigerte musste sie Ecuador verlassen und ich hatte die Ehre inne, ihre Reisebegleiterin spielen zu duerfen :) Also machten wir uns am 1.Dezember 2007 auf in unser Abenteuer! 17 Tage lang reisten wir durch dieses wundervolle Land, 17 Tage voller Busfahrten (aneinander gerechnet 4 1/2 Tage), voller Militaerkontrollen, Achsenbruechen, toller Museen, der Karibik und den wunderschoensten Anden! DANKE DIR KATHA!

Ipiales We arrived by collectivo from Popayan (our first experience and not an unsatisfactory one). Ipiales is just before the border with Ecuador.  A functional stop for us, with only a meal drawing us out of our luxury hotel.  Our bed reminded us of the hammocks endured in the jungle, …

Here you can join us on our motorcykle tour from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego (south america). We start our journey May 27, 2006 and we will be on the road for about a year! Read our complete story at our homepage: www.tobias-ingeborg.com

My trip back to NZ via South America