Tuesday 14th July 2015 It was Bastille Day but no one cared which was fine with me! Beautiful view at sunrise again from just outside of my tent. This is a “cabana” which was just being built and can accommodate 2 to 3 people. View of the bar from the toilets Fireplace and the view behind I … More Casa Elemento, Minca, Days 3 and 4
Sunday 12th July and Monday 13th July 2015 You wonder where I have been? 🙂 I discovered a piece of paradise and just stayed there for 10 days. Seriously! Has it ever happened to you to arrive at a place where you plan to spend 2 days and realise you found gold and wanna stay longer…and … More Casa Elemento, Minca, Days 1 and 2
Here is a rough idea of what would have worked for me. This is a personal opinion and everyone is different, so make your own list from here! On you: Socks (2 pairs would ensure you don´t get blisters..if you wanna try! Thin layer and hiking layer) Hiking boots (the most sturdy the better support … More Ciudad Perdida Checklist
Friday 10th July 2015 We woke up at 5am for this last day walk. Here is the campground in the morning. We started walking around 6.20am Passed the Kogi houses again. Walked through the plains again. Some people who were tired of walking, had back problems, knee problems came back that day on the mules … More Ciudad Perdida – Day 4
Thursday 9th July 2015 We woke up around 5am, got out of our chrysalides, had brekky and were ready to go. I had a big dilemma that morning. My short had been stinking so much that the night before I had washed it in the river. No matter how much I had drained the water … More Ciudad Perdida – Day 3
Wednesday 8th July 2015 Some activity started around 4.30am, the cooks were at work preparing the breakfast and we could see and smell the firewood as that´s what they cook on. I love that smell so I thought that was cool. We woke up and had breakfast around 6am. Here is the activity around 6.30am, … More Ciudad Perdida – Day 2
Tuesday 7th July 2015 With Martina, Sebastian and Michaela we got picked up around 8.45am at the hostel by German, a translator working with Turcol. We got dropped at the Turcol agency where we met Larissa, a girl from the French part of Switzerland who came to visit her cousin who had already been living … More Ciudad Perdida – Day 1
Monday 6th July 2015 In the morning, I woke up in Cartagena and went to the reception around 8am to confirm that I wanted to book a pick-up in a mini van to go to Santa Marta for the morning. I had asked the day before to book but she told me “no, no, manana, manana!”. Ok … More Cartagena to Santa Marta
Sunday 5th July 2015 I met Clare and Ryan near their hotel at 10.30am. There were plenty of taxis nearby, we asked for the price to the castle, the guy said 6,000 COP which was the price we had been told to pay to get there. We got in and a few minutes later we … More Cartagena, Colombia – Day 3
Saturday 4th July 2015 Woke up late around 10.30am. Met Clare and Ryan around 11.30am at the Palace of Inquisition. We did a guided visit. It was the palace where the witches used to be trialed and killed, starting in 1610 when it was built. The torture instruments were pretty yuk! Picture of the main … More Cartagena, Colombia – Day 2
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