Travelogues Colombia

Do you remember when you were in first grade and the fourth graders seemed so incredibly old and grown up? And you thought they had the perfect life? You really wanted to be...

10/26/23 We are starting our trip to 🇨🇴 Colombia 2 years late (due to corona). Flight route After we have already been to 🇧🇷 Brazil, Chile 🇨🇱 and Argentina 🇦🇷, this...

Today I locked myself out for the second time in 2 weeks. What's wrong with me. The first time was Wednesday 2 weeks ago. It was the last day of a 3-day climate conference and...

The beach in Playa del Carmen

Good morning, The saying: Somehow things always go on, is cliché, but there is some truth to it. I slept relatively well and enjoyed a good breakfast at the hotel this morning....

Sad Tropics, I have often thought of the title of Claude Levi-Strauss's book in recent days. The catchy alliteration, which by the way was also the title in the original French...

From the beginning, we had the idea of continuing from Africa to South America. During our last big trip in 2012, we had some experience with Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and...

The strenuous but beautiful journey from Villa de Leyva to San Gil by bus made me feel like I had truly arrived in Colombia, both in terms of the landscape and emotionally....

After just under 2 ½ hours flying from Fort Lauderdale, we landed in a completely different world that is new to both of us, but still feels so familiar. Everything feels...

Bogota The capital city of Colombia. Medellin We experienced a bit more on our trip here in Medellin. Here is a small glimpse of the three most important: Escobar Since we...

We're back! So luckily not in cold Switzerland, but in Albert's little house. Although we had a good time in other places too, we're looking forward to being back here and to...

After thinking that it would be cold for the last time at the airport, we did not have the flight from Madrid to Medellin on our mind. We have never experienced a climate...

The rooftop terrace of our apartment

The bus journey from Medellin to Cartagena was supposed to take 12 hours. It actually took 15 hours. And unfortunately, we didn't catch a double-decker bus on this route....

Thursday. I got up at 9 a.m. because I always have Teorías del Estado from 9-12 and being 30 minutes late is mandatory. I was so sore because we had a soccer game on Wednesday...

Spanish tongue twister

We arrived at the Bogota airport in the late afternoon. The immigration and baggage claim went smoothly and then we took a taxi to La Candelaria, which is the 17th district of...

Yesterday morning we sat down in a café to plan the next few days. But I wasn't able to concentrate on it yet. Farina then suggested that I go back to the hotel. Done. There I...

Today was another travel and fly day. The distance from Guatape to Cartagena is about 700 km, and we didn't want to take the bus. Getting to Guatape from our accommodation was...

'You have reached your destination!'

When I left the plane in Cartagena on Tuesday evening, I felt overwhelmed. The heat of the late afternoon was oppressive and my hands were sticky because of the humidity. While...

Before we begin this post, let me provide a few geographical remarks. Three mountain ranges of the Andes, known as the South American Cordillera, crossed the country from north...

Excerpt from Carla's diary: 22.2.2020 Day 227 of the journey We got on the bus at 7:30 am, well actually it wasn't a bus but a jeep. There were eleven people with us in this...

Extremely chill and pleasantly warm days are behind us, stuffed with tacos we now go to Bogotà! Already the approach to the airport indicates how high this city is located, the...

I treated myself to a flight from Cartagena to Pereira. From there, I took a bus to Salento. Salento is a small town with steep streets, colorful houses, a lively central...

After Salento, we flew back to the capital, Bogota. Here we wanted to spend the last few days with Jonas' dad.

After the standard program on the arrival day (inclusive or exclusive of coke, always according to the viewpoint), we found it necessary on day 2 to look beyond the tourist...

Just four more days, lots of exciting impressions, great acquaintances, overwhelmed by this huge city, and slowly getting tired of the weather changes, we are moving on to the...

Here our journey ended in the sailboat from Panama. Cartagena is a city in the Colombian Caribbean, located in the northern part of the country. The main attraction is the...

From flying stones and colorful streets