colombia-2017

Today - on Christmas Eve - Julia's backpack arrived with the Lufthansa luggage service. Short jump two days back: I was lying by the pool on the rooftop terrace of the hotel on...

Today was the last sightseeing program for this trip. What? Of course, the Panama Canal. We had read on the internet that it is not as spectacular as one might think, but you...

The two speedboats for pick-up were almost on time. After about 40 minutes of driving on the mainland of Panama, we were dropped off at a "harbor". From there, after another...

Today was our last day on board. We visited three more islands. The second one was particularly beautiful and was used for extensive photo sessions (see pictures). On the way,...

Today, El Capitan visited a total of 3 islands. At each island, we had the opportunity to swim or snorkel. There was enough equipment on board. In between, sunbathe, relax,...

England couldn't score further in the night. Switzerland took full advantage of this weak period to take the lead in the table. However, Holland came on strong in the end and...

At 6 o'clock I woke up to the sound of the engine. The night was actually comfortable, but quite warm. I went straight to the deck, getting dressed quickly. Rule number 1...

This morning I had to get the rest of the money for our boat trip. Payment in cash is 2 times 550 US dollars or the same amount in Colombian pesos, which is 3,310,000 COP....

cheap price", etc. The usual spiel that you know from other places. Completely annoying and really annoying! It's a shame actually, because the city is really beautiful....

We had arranged to meet our tuk-tuk driver from yesterday at 7:30 am. A 4-hour tour through the desert with various stops. Sure, you could also rent a bike and combine it with a...

Today we had the last long bus ride ahead of us - what a stroke of luck 🍀. Destination Neiva, and then on to the Tatacoa Desert. The bus station "La Terminal" was a real...

On our last day in the capital, Monserrate was on the list. A mountain with a height of 3,200 meters right in the mountain range that borders the city to the east. First...

We started the day with a 4-hour bike tour. In my opinion, it's the best way to get an overview of a city in a short amount of time. The tour was well-guided, except for one...

We took it slow today but ended it with a bang 🥤🍸😜 This morning, we took the great public transportation of Bogota from our accommodation to the city center. One of the few...

After staying at Leticia Guest House (recommended), we crossed over to Peru (official departure) and then re-entered Colombia officially. That was part 2 of the visa run, Julia...

I woke up at 6 o'clock to pouring rain. The roof is watertight, but the noise is quite a good alarm clock ⏰ I'm afraid we'll have to put on our rain ponchos today. A kind of...

Simple accommodation, but still slept well. Next destination, Lago Tarapoto. This is a lake that is directly connected to the Amazon River. On the way there, in a small river...

We started at 6:30 AM today - pick up from the hostel. At 7:00 AM, we went up the Amazon with Lineas Amazonas SAS, the Colombian Cologne-Dusseldorf, so to speak - left bank...

After a somewhat decent sleep 💤 and still a cold shower, we took a look at the place here in Bogota during daylight - not bad! We ventured out to have breakfast a few houses...

The day today can be summed up in one word: shitty! Before breakfast at the local "Bäckerei Siener", we treated our jungle clothes with insect repellent. It went well because we...

Do you remember Hessi-James from Badesalz? Today we got to know his Colombian brother. Our ears are bleeding, but let's start from the beginning. We have rearranged our travel...

The mother of the hostel owner made us a simple but sufficient breakfast. We could drink as much delicious cafe con leche as we wanted. The Hostal Posada Casa Salento was by far...

After 6 hours on a comfortable bus 😔, which was cooled down to about 7 degrees, and a short transfer to a minibus, we arrived in Salento. Our host was exceptionally nice and...

Chef Julia made scrambled eggs and papaya with bananas and passion fruit for breakfast (we bought everything yesterday). Both our laundry came on time, and our taxi honked 5...

This morning nothing was working here. No electricity, no water, no internet, no clean toilet, everything was wet. So yesterday's storm was worth it. Good thing I had hung up my...

We both slept really well in the hammock. We didn't expect that, but we were lying diagonally 😜 The boats were supposed to leave at 4:30 am (!), so we had to get up early in...

Today has brought us truly spectacular impressions. The alarm clock rang at 5 o'clock, pick-up is at 5:40. Showering by flashlight because the generator wasn't running and we...

The last few days were without internet, so there are several daily reports to read in a row. After breakfast at Hostel Bona Vida with pancakes and scrambled eggs, we had to...

Got up as planned at 6 o'clock. Quick wash, said goodbye to Elena (it was a pleasure meeting you) and hit the road to wave down a taxi 🚕. Unfortunately, the ride to the airport...

I was just about to clean up this place (see yesterday's report). But the miracle in the form of Sandra (I call her that because I don't know her actual name) came this morning....