Travelogues Valle del Cauca

“Cali is Cali - the rest is hill” in German "Cali is Cali - the rest is just hills. This song comes from the salsa song "Cali Pachanguero" (...

Post 22 - The first days in Colombia. Out of the Andes, into the hot fun.

We moved for our last day in El Choco to a different place, 8km away from the town at the beach. There is a turtle sanctuary where you can observe how they free small baby...

From Cali, we drove to Buenaventura to see whales, as they are found off the coast of Colombia during this time of year in August. The bus ride took about 4 hours. Buenaventura...

Cali and the Cerro de las Tres Cruces

In San Agustin we had booked the bus ride to Cali. We had made sure to inquire that it would be a direct connection to Cali. Of course! So we set off in a relatively comfortable...

Cali and our visit to the zoo

Nuestra última parada en Colombia fue Cali. La ciudad no era muy bonita. Bastante gris, nublado y simplemente no nos sentimos muy cómodos allí. Pero a pesar de todo, ¡Cali es la...

Still in Cartagena, I decided to join Benni on his journey to the west coast. This departamento called 'El Choco', which is mainly inhabited by Afro-Colombians, is one of the...

My first family trip was to Buga in October 2024, where we celebrated my grandmother's birthday.

Tag 6: sleep in late, as the previous evening is still felt in my bones - while Tini is recovering from something in the AirBnB (stomach upset, headache, hot flashes,…) Dani...

The vacation already starts at the airport

The city of Cali itself, I have to admit, I didn't like it at all because it is considered unsafe, so I didn't want to explore it much. However, since Cali is known as the salsa...

Day 5: Reunion with friends at the other end of the world - meeting people from Colombia, Edinburgh, Germany, and Austria to feel the energy of salsa - impressions of a very...

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