Day 1 of our 5 day hike to the lost city.  We had breakfast this morning then finalised our packing for the 5 day hike.  Even with the mule we are only taking one dry change of clothes plus one spare shirt.  Between Stu and i we have 2 heavy backpacks (with the camelback bladders […]

We had our meet and greet last night and are starting our hike in a few hours.  Final pack then we will be off the grid until late Friday afternoon Colombia time.  See you all on the other side. Edited with BlogPad Pro

We have to meet with our Chief Experience Officer (CEO) and it is the first official day of our 7 day tour – the same as next Saturday is day 7 of the tour even though we are flying to San Jose Costa Rica on the Saturday.  I am really glad we only spent one […]

Today is another transit day – no flights but a drive from La Jorara back to Santa Marta.  We have one full day here before joining our tour to Ciudad Perdida (the Lost City).  We had an interesting night last night with a blood curdling scream from the room above which happened shortly after 4 […]

Today we booked a tour to Paque Tayrona a national park between our hotel and Santa Marta.  After further upsetting a large group of German’s at breakfast this morning (they want our table – the very table i am writing this blog at now) so that there whole group can sit together however instead of […]

Today we floated down the Rio Don Diego – i opted to leave my iPhone in the backpack even though the case is waterproof.  While I wish I had taken it, I don’t think that I would have got very good photos. Our guide Rafael picked us up from the hotel at 8 and we […]

Today we transited from Bogota to Santa Marta.  Unfortunately during the night Stu and Jayenne developed food poisoning.  We have no idea what they ate in common but the worst seems to be over now although we had to call the doctor for Stu because we were worried about flying especially as Stu couldn’t regulate […]

We were going to have a free day today but decided we would do the tour out to La Chorrera and El Chiflon waterfalls which are on the way to a town called Choachi.  Our guide Carlos picked us up with his niece Margarita who was still on school holidays. I am probably going to […]

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Today is our free day in Bogota and as it happens to be Sunday it coincides with flea market day.  Jaimes who owns the cafe i go to before work every day suggested we go to Parque Usaquen.  The hotel suggested we walk to a market in the city which in their words was bigger […]