La Guajira

Best travel reports from La Guajira

Time to relax! - Palomino

06/02 - 10/02 After four days of hiking through the jungle, our legs were a bit heavy. However, it wasn't as bad as we feared, so we were ready to continue our journey. We...

In the north of Colombia

After spending enough time in the south of the continent, it's now time to head to the far north. I have heard a lot about Colombia in advance. That the nature is very diverse,...

Scent of the Caribbean

Scent of the Caribbean

The Caribbean coast around Palomino (Colombia)

From Bogotá we flew about 1.2 hours to Santa Marta in the north of Colombia on the Caribbean coast. From there we drove along the coast to the east to Guachaca. Right on the...

La Guajira, the Caribbean desert

from a different perspective

Palomino - Welcome to the jungle

After a long bus ride from Bogotá we finally arrived in Palomino. It's a small village at the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. As we (Lea and me) stepped out of the bus, the...

Punta Gallinas

Deeper into the desert means more adventure, right? Wrong! Staying here is fully organized by the indigenous people who still reside in the desert, but it's still incredibly...

Day 16 Moving to Palomino Yoga and more

This morning we packed our backpacks, front and back, and started our march through Palomino. Change of position. When you have so little with you and can reach the next...

Dogwalk in Palomino (Colombia)

I write my next article in English for once because it's about a dog picnic on the beach that I did with Palominoanimal soul, so that the two founders of palominoanimalsoul,...

Cabo de la Vela

After a long absence, I'm back with reports from the desert! In there, I didn't have Wi-Fi, but I had a hammock for only €3 per night, just 4 meters from the beach. There's not...

Well deserved rest at the Caribbean

Hanna and I have had a long journey, traveling from Tatacoa, in the middle of Colombia about 1000km as the crow flies, to the Caribbean coast, in the city of Riohacha. It took...

8th and 9th stop

So this is it. As soon as you post a post with a bathing suit photo, it gets twice as many views. That's typical, my high literature art is just pearls before swine! But joking...

Day 14 Cartagena - Palomino. Escape from the urban jungle.

This morning we left Cartagena. Luckily for me, Farina also thinks it's enough now. The old town is beautiful, it's also a tourist magnet. But I imagined it much worse with the...

Palomino

The main street is the only paved road that runs through the small village. The village itself is very small and not really spectacular. However, I felt very comfortable there....

Christmas without family

We wanted to spend Christmas at the beach, but we spent it in bed. Not what you're thinking, Jonas was sick and we passed the time watching series and reading. In the evening,...