Category Archives: Colombia

Nobbies cannot believe that we have taken 267 days to travel around South America and that this is our last day here. It certainly has been an adventure and will miss it alot. We finally get to see some interesting … Continue reading →

A graffiti photography tour of Bogota we had booked was cancelled at the last minute so we visit the long awaited Museo de Oro (Gold Museum) filled with relics dating from 200BC to the Inca period of the 1500’s. It … Continue reading →

Nobbies last night in Bogota as well as in South America. We celebrate it at Andres Carnes De Res which Bogota locals rave about. First there was a queue to get in then we waited almost 2 hours for a … Continue reading →

We meet up with Ardun, Jen and Antonia in Bogata and head out on local buses 50km north to visit the Salt Cathedral in Zipaquira. Built 20 years ago, it is 200 metres underground under the salt mines and 250,000 … Continue reading →

Sad to pack our backpacks and head to the big city of Bogata. Our final destination in South America. Up early to catch a bus from Salento to Armenia then a connecting direct bus to Bogata. It is only a … Continue reading →

The hordes of domestic tourists leave Salento after the weekend and the locals get back their sleepy coffee town for another week. A quiet day of tranquility before we head to Bogota and so it is the sound of church … Continue reading →

The typical ambience in the main plaza on a Monday night. Muy tranquilo. Nobbies will certainly miss the plazas of South America especially in small towns

Carlos drops us off to the start of the trail head to walk the loop of Valle de Cocora supposedly a 5 hour trek. The highlight here is to see the Quindio wax palms, Colombia’s national tree and known for … Continue reading →

We meet a fabulous lady Beatrix and her nephew Carlos through Piere at our hostel and they invite us along with Antonia and Piere to visit their dairy farm in the Valle de Cocora. The house has been in the … Continue reading →

The joys of travelling is bumping into other travellers we have met along the way in previous places and this small town is a small world. Today we head up to a coffee finca (farm) by a willy jeep not … Continue reading →