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Manaus and the jungle

If I had to choose two cities in Brazil I would pick, for different reasons, Rio and Manaus. Some people ...

Down the Amazon River

When I was preparing the world tour, sailing down the Amazon was one of the musts of this trip. Of ...

Colombia: conclusion and tips

16 days + 32 days; 2 + 2 domestic flights; traveled by bus, plane, willy, truck, shared van, metro, cable ...

Tierradentro

I could not leave Colombia for the second time without visiting Tierradentro. This is the second most important archaeological site ...

Some days in Bogotá

Bogotá is not my favourite city in South America but if you are travelling around Colombia it will be difficult ...

Back to the mountains

After considering all the possible options and more, I decided to go up to Bogotá again through the West. Even ...

The Caribbean Coast

In 2012 I spent a couple of nights in Santa Marta but it was only on the way to other ...

On the way to the Caribbean Coast (Medellin and Cartagena)

Colombia is a big country and the Caribbean Coast was far away from Salento so Medellin looked like a nice ...

Zona Cafetera (again and again)

The next stop on this Colombian trip was Salento, in the heart of Zona Cafetera. Salento is a small town ...

Western Colombia

I arrived to Colombia by land, crossing theTulcan – Ipiales border and after one night spent in the (forgettable) city ...