Category: World travel
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Minca
Floods, landslides, sketchy rides up mountains, birds. Minca has it all going on!
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Santa Marta and Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona: Paradise on the Caribbean coast
New friends, and the beauty of Colombia’s national parks, at its Caribbean best.
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Medellin: The most dangerous city in the world*
24hrs in Colombia’s incredibly liveable and forward-looking second city. Great place, believe the hype…
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Colombia’s Zona Cafetera: The lush foothills of Salento
Into the lush coffee region around the villages of Salento and Filandriz. Discovering unique landscapes and fantastic hospitality within the Zona Cafetera
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San Augustin to Popayan: Back into civilisation!
From ancient archaeology to a colonial jewel. Via 6 hours of dirt track bussing across the hills, naturally.
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Pasto to San Augustin: Out of the jungle, back in time
Ancient archaeology, green verdant countryside, horses and traditional Colombian sports. Pop a fork in me, I’m done.
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Into the jungle: Pasto to Mocoa, Colombia along El Trampolin de la Muerte
A drastic change from the airy cool of sleepy Pasto to the hot, humid and most of all insect filled jungle surrounding Mocoa. Onwards!
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Escaping the island, heading north… Galapagos, Ecuador to Pasto, Colombia.
Making my escape. From a settled existence on a paradise island back to the travelling life, putting in some heavy miles northwards towards Colombia. Via a cuy or two.
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Two parts sadface, three parts excitement, five parts intense trepidation…
The final countdown… de de der derrr, de de der der der!
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Fings wot I love about Galapagos
A roundup of some of my best Galápagos habits… and the day to day stuff which drives me crackers! An affectionate look back at 6 months immersed in the weird and wonderful aspects of Ecuadorean island life.
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