Cartagena 2nd Visit
My 2nd visit to Cartegana was just before my departure. It happened to be the end of the holy week and Cartagena was completely transformed under the influence of Easter. While I was only one of few tourists the first time around, the city was now completely overcrowded. And to be honest, that was a […]
The Lost City
I dreamt of doing the lost city trek ever since I heard about it. It involves 3 days hiking through the jungle until you reach a “lost city”. It’s a city that has existed for thousands of years, but died once the Spanish colonized this area. The city got buried in the jungle for a […]
Tayrona Park
Tayrona Park was most definitely one of the highlights of my trip to Colombia. It is a nature reserve east from Santa Marta with beautiful beaches, a nice small jungle and a few sights. Surprisingly, I was by myself on most of my trails and barely met anyone. Even at the beach, I was almost […]
Santa Marta
Santa Marta is a beautiful town. It is very similar to Cartagena in that it also has bright colorful houses. In fact, I somewhat enjoyed Santa Marta more than Cartagena. It felt more like a real city, with its stores, lots of people, supermarkets etc. Cartagena was more a town that wasn’t really inhabited anymore, […]
Taganga
Taganga is a funny place, it is called the Gringo paradise (= Foreigners paradise). So I expected there to be all sort of facilities like shopping malls, banks etc. And it certainly was very touristic, with a lot of restaurants and beach wear, but on the other hand, none of the streets were paved, the […]
Mompox
The journey to Mompox was quite a trip: 4 hours of bus, then 30min on a tiny little boat and then another 40min of taxi ride…. but it was most certainly worth it! Mompox is a very chilled out town by a river. The streets are all empty during the day, the shops are closed, […]
Cartagena
I have been wanting to go to Colombia for as long as I can remember. I was told, it is the place to go in South America. It was supposed to be not dangerous anymore and the friendliest place in South America. On top of that, the lost city trek is there. It is a […]