I never get tired of repeating this. Salento, Colombia was one of the highlights of our South America trip. The verdant valleys, long walks, the day trip to an eco farm and the warm hospitality of the La Serrana hostel…
The Colombia – Ecuador border crossing
We were really excited about our first border crossing by land. The Colombia – Ecuador border is basically a bridge that spans a river, with Colombia on one side and Ecuador on the order. La Frontera or Rumichacha, as its…
Cali – giving the big city a quick glance
We originally planned to spend christmas in Cali and attend the salsa festival there. However, as I mentioned in the previous post, we ended up spending it in Salento. Cali was also supposed to host a famous salsa festival and…
Popayan – Colombia’s white city
Popayan is a lovely colonial city in the Southern part of Colombia. Its about 8 hours from the Ecuador border and was a lovely stopover for us. Popayan’s central plaza at night is superbly lit and is a pleasure to…
Salento – Lush and Lovely in Colombia’s coffee zone
I had heard so much about Colombia’s beautiful coffee zone – zona cafetera that I admit its one of those things about Colombia that made me want to travel to this country. The zona cafetera is the area south of…
Barichara – a pleasant day trip from San Gil
Barichara Quick Facts: About 40 minutes from San Gil One way bus fares cost COP 3800 Walk around the central plaza and look for the cultural house. Inside they have a big map that you can use to navigate your…
Guatape: Day trip from Medellin
We’re a little behind on the blog. Weak wi-fi connections, a lot of day time travel and issues with uploading photos easily online on Picasa. We’re now approaching the end of our stay in Colombia and will be entering Ecuador…
Indian food in Cartagena and meeting a fellow Indian
It was just a week into our trip, but I was already craving Indian food. I was eating good, healthy vegetarian fare in most places and the trip was a blast, but when it was time for a meal, I’d…
Colors of Cartagena
Old Cartegena (the walled section) is an impressive city – colonial in style, mildly Caribbean in character and with more African influence than in the other cities of Colombia we’ve visited so far. It is a very ‘vivid’ city. Its…
Caving and Canyoning in San Gil
San Gil is known has Colombia’s adventure capital. So when we booked a caving and canyoning package at our hostel, I had no idea what I was signing up for. The next morning, our happy go lucky guide Rambo arrived…