17/3/23 – 24/3/23 Somehow another week on Cali has flown by? I arrived early on the 17th to be greeted by none other than Miss Aisling who had also booked my hostel for a few days. We had breakfast together in the hostel before our days continued with classes and chilling. On the evening, LunaContinue reading “Back in Cali”
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Medellin, Comuna 13 and Jardin
14/3/23 Today we had a hostel breakfast before heading out to see Comuna 13, a place famous for being one of the most dangerous places in the world only a few years ago. We were going on a tour of it, as it has since been turned around into a thriving tourist business after governmentContinue reading “Medellin, Comuna 13 and Jardin”
Guatapé has a big rock ⛰️
11/3/23 We had wanted to spend our Saturday in Medellin so we could try a lively night out in the favoured Colombian city, but sadly all the fun hostels were booked so we decided to change our plan and head straight to Guatape, a ‘nearby’ town that most people did as a day trip fromContinue reading “Guatapé has a big rock ⛰️”
Big up Bogota 💛 Home from home?
It’s got Brummie vibes 💪 7/3/23 Today was moving day once more. I got up early to go for my hostel breakfast in the nearby guest house and then went back to get my big rucksack before heading to the bus station. I was meeting Luna there, but I arrived first and it seemed weContinue reading “Big up Bogota 💛 Home from home?”
Salento’s palms and beans
5/3/23 Today we got up for a breakfast of kings in the hostel, pancakes no less!! Then we headed out to walk to a nearby coffee farm to take a tour. We walked down a country lane with pretty views of luscious green rolling hills on all sides. After an hour ish, we arrived atContinue reading “Salento’s palms and beans”
Caliiii ✨✨✨✨
28/2/23 I said my byes to Narja, who was flying to Medellin for a final few days before flying home to London and then headed out for breakfast, which I found in a bakery. A Dutch girl had come to tell me that she did want to share a taxi with me to the airportContinue reading “Caliiii ✨✨✨✨”
La Frontera de Ecuador y Colombia
26/2/23 Today was border day! We left Otavalo, Ecuador straight after breakfast and had been told by the hostel to take a bus to the next town’s terminal to take a direct bus to the border. Sadly, when we arrived there was only one bus a leaving nearly two hours later. We walked across townContinue reading “La Frontera de Ecuador y Colombia”
Turning 28 in Otavalo ✨
24/2/23 I said by to Martin at the bus stop and then got my bus back to Quito. There I had to change bus terminal and take another bus to Otavalo, where I would meet Narja, another Mompiche friend I had re-met in Banos weeks later. I got a taxi between the terminals and gotContinue reading “Turning 28 in Otavalo ✨”
Quito catch ups & Mindo mooching
21/2/23 Happy Pancake Day! Today was a day of pals. After a hostel breakfast, first I headed out in search of jeans, since Ais had kindly pointed out that my jeans had seen better days (which they definitely had!), and I wanted to look half decent in Colombia, a place where people truly take prideContinue reading “Quito catch ups & Mindo mooching”
Carnival – fiesta de frutas y flores 🌺🍉🌻🍇💮🍑🌼🍅🥳
18/2/23 Aisling and I chatted awhile in bed when I arrived before going back to sleep til 10.30 ish when we figured we should go on a breakfast hunt followed by a carnival hunt! We went downstairs to discover there was a free breakfast of sorts, including shitty weak, black coffee and shit white breadContinue reading “Carnival – fiesta de frutas y flores 🌺🍉🌻🍇💮🍑🌼🍅🥳”
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