I went to Cali for 10 days, I stayed 20 finally. I found in love with the city, not for the beauty, but for the spirit. In Cali, dancing salsa is part of the culture. Moreover, people are really friendly and the city didn’t make you feel like in a big one. In only 20 […]
Colombia
Capurgana the marvel of the Caribbean
The paradise The city of Capurgana is located in a Colombia Golf close to the Panama border on the Caribbean side. The small town is only reachable by boat. It is like an island, prices are bigger and it is more difficult to find goods even fruits and vegetables. Still now, the area around is partly […]
Cartagena
Cartagena The first impression when I arrived was about the temperature. It was humid and hot. Also, the atmosphere changed completely. People were more relaxed the day and more crazy the night. The next day, we visited the city. Hopefully, some clouds protected us against a very hot day. The city was very colonial and […]
Bogota and the salt cathedral
The salt cathedral This impressive building is located 47 kms from Bogota in another town called Zipaquira. It has been built inside a salt mine currently still under activity. Thus, the cathedral is below 180 meters of earth. An incredible lighting effect made the rooms very beautiful. In the colossus Colombian capital A really big […]
Paramo de Oceta
The fantastic Paramo de Oceta We left the city of Mongui early in the morning in order to avoid the bad weather as the guides recommended us. If the beginning was alright, we ended under a strong rain all time long. The Paramo de Oceta is located above 3,700 meters high, almost 1,000 meters higher […]
Canos cristales
Canos Cristales – red seaweeds in the water A tough and expensive journey for a mitigated result The challenge to get there We didn’t want to take a bus to get there. The reason is that it took more than 10 hours on an earth road full of potholes in a small micro bus. Thus, […]
Desierto de Tatacoa
After a day journey in different buses from San Agustin, we reached Villavieja. The last town before the Tatacoa desert. Actually, this is not a real desert, but a dry tropical jungle. Although water is rare and temperature is high, there are birds and vegetation. The day after, we visited the two parts: one with […]
San Agustin – The archaeological park and the coffee farm
The archaeological park In this park lived a civilization 2000 years ago. Scientists have not a lot of information about them except that they built a lot of huge statues. The statues were very impressive due to the size and the variety of forms. Although, that Guillaume and I enjoyed a lot the park and […]
The white city Popayan
The city I arrived with Guillaume at the terminal at 4am. Why so early ?! Because the bus driver was driving very fast. We took the 10pm bus and with a 8 hours journey, we would have arrived at 6am. However, the bus was rushing all way long. I realized it when I woke up […]
Welcome to Colombia and the Santuario de Las Lajas
Welcome to Colombia Goodbye Ecuador We left Otavalo early in the morning. The plan of the day was busy: bus, taxi, migration office and church. We took the first bus from Otavalo to the closest Ecuadorian city to the border Tulcan. After 4 hours, we needed a taxi to reach the immigration office. After getting […]