Category: World travel
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On the trail of Che: Santa Clara, central Cuba
First impressions of Cuba, finding the footprints of the revolution and getting stuck into some great food…
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Best Laid Plans. Colombia to Cuba…
If it can go wrong, it will go wrong… a slightly troublesome hop across the Caribbean
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Cartagena de Indias: My South American swansong
World Heritage Site, coffee-drinking aimless wandering and possibly the best-preserved architecture in Latin America. As well as some mud volcano-based frivolity. My final 3 days in South America… And what a blast they were.
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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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