Thursday 6th August 2015 At 7am, I took this mini-bus going from El Cocuy to Tunja. In there was Francois, the guy who had got the snow on his tent all night at Laguna Sierra Nevada and the lightning which had fallen 300 meters away of his tent. We spent the bus ride chatting. He … More El Cocuy to Villa de Leyva
Wed 5th August 2015 I woke up at 5am, finished packing the bag, had brekky at 6am with Rosa and Luis, paid for my stay and the awesome horse-riding day and left around 7am.It was a gorgeous day with an amazing blue sky, at least at that hour! Bye-bye Posada Sierra Nevada and the snow … More El Cocuy – Day 8 – Tourist day in Guican
Tuesday 4th August 2015 In the morning, Rosa prepared “el tinto”, the black coffee expresso on the wood fire in the kitchen. This is their house, seen from a bit outside. The dogs playing next to Mandarina, the horse I was about to ride all day. Luis, his brother Maurices, Seraphin and the baby Jose … More El Cocuy – Day 7 – Laguna Grande de Los Verdes
Monday 3rd August 2015 The paradise view outside of La Esperanza in the morning I waited for the lechero coming at 8am going in the direction of Guican which could drop me at a section from which I could walk to the West Part of the El Cocuy National Park, towards Cabana Kanwara. My idea … More El Cocuy – Day 6 – La Esperanza to Posada Sierra Nevada
Sunday 2nd August 2015 In the morning, it kept raining and raining. I was really reluctant to get out of my tent and get wet and hoping it would stop at some point! At least the outside shell kept repelling the rain and letting it roll down without getting to the inner shell. 8am and … More El Cocuy – Day 5 – Laguna to La Esperanza
Saturday 1st August 2015 We had some brekky, for me dry granola in a bowl and an apple chopped in chunks, Juan Carlos preferred bread ham and cheese, we packed the tent and then bags and started walking around 8.30am. My first picture of the day. We went up towards Pulpito del Diablo first but … More El Cocuy – Day 4 – Pulpito to Laguna Grande de la Sierra
Friday 31st July 2015 I woke up around 5.15am. Here was the view from the window of the dormitory where I slept. We got ready, had brekky and started hiking around 6.30am, direction Pulpito del Diablo. Here was the map of the area we were heading towards. Cabana Sisuma, when turning back to look at … More El Cocuy – Day 3 – Pulpito del Diablo and Pan de Azucar
Thursday 30th July 2015 Here is the lechero (milk truck) we were about to take at 6am to go to the Checkpoint from which we could walk to Cabana Sisuma. Picture while waiting for the lechero of a bus taking people around. Bienvenidos a El Cocuy sign with the mountain in the background. And off we … More El Cocuy – Day 2 – Sisuma and the 4 lakes
Tuesday 28th July 2015 I left San Gil around 10am and got a bus for Tunja immediately. Got there around 2.15pm. Then went on the second floor and asked about buses going to El Cocuy. The next one was going at 5.15pm with Paz del rio operated by Galines buses. So I bought a ticket … More El Cocuy – Day 1 – Preparation
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