A 2 hour flight from Guayaquil, and i landed in San Cristobal. Immediately i could see why the galapagos is so famous. It was rather surreal to be walking around the dock seeing sea lions absolutely everywhere, that did not care one bit about human presence – none of the animals and birds here do, …
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An Amazon Adventure – Colombia
After San Gil, I got the bus to Bogota, where I stayed for a few days before heading to Leticia and the Amazon. I didn’t do too much in Bogota, but I met David and Karen again in the hostel, who I had met in Medellin. I went with them to Mount Monserrate , a …
Salento, San Gil (Rafting, Bungee Jumping, Paragliding + more!) – Colombia
From Medellin, i took the night bus to Salento.Salento is in the coffee region of colombia and that afternoon i did a coffee tour with a dutch girl Maud from my room. Although i don’t like coffee, its one of the main things to do in Salento, and a key colombian export. It was already …
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Catch up on Colombia – Part 3 (San Andres, Providencia, Medellin)
From Cartagena i flew to San Andres, a small island of the coast of nicaragua, that belongs to Colombia. I stayed there for a day before moving on to Providencia, another island belonging to colombia, a 20min flight from san andres. The only way to get to providencia is via san andres. I said hello …
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Catch up on Colombia – Part 2 (Palamino, El rio, Cartagena)
From Tyrona, me, Derek and Marvin headed to Palamino, a small coastal village, where we stayed at Dreamer Hostel. From Palamino, we went tubing down the river whilst drinking beers! To get there we had to take moto taxis, whilst carrying the tube! On the way down the river we stopped From the hostel in …
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Catch up on Colombia – Part 1 (Taganga, Santa Marta, Minca, Tayrona)
After leaving Peru, I arrived in Cartagena, Colombia. I then headed to Taganga, near Santa Marta, where i completed my PADI advanced open water course with a dutch guy called Beert, who i met at my hostel, and our instructor Adrian from Medellin. We saw lots of big Moray eels, different fish, lobsters and some …
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Hounded in Huaraz – Peru
After meeting back up in Lima for a day, Alex and Joe departed back to the UK. After they left, me, Niall and Lyle headed north to Huaraz, a hiking town. We hiked up to Laguna 69, a lagoon formed from the meltwater of the nearby glacier. Whilst at the top of the hike with …
Nazca, Huacachina, Paracas – Peru
After finishing the chocaquiera trek, Alex departed to do a tour of the salt flats, Joe and Lyle to do the Ausangate trek, the highest altitude trek in Peru. Feeling like we had done all we wanted to in Cusco, me and Niall set off to Nazca, where we took a small (8 person) plane …
Taste the rainbow at Rainbow Mountain – Peru
After a couple hour bus journey from Cusco, and a small walk at 5000m above sea level, we reached rainbow mountain. The views, aside from rainbow mountain itself, were spectacular and included the Ausangate mountain, where Joe and Lyle were trekking.
Incans and Idiots – Peru
In this post, an idiot who is weeks behind on his blog shows several of the Incan ruins he has been to since Machu Picchu! Moray, terrace farms made by the Incans: Ollantaytambo, where the Incans made their last stand against the Spanish: Chocaquiera trek – a 1.5km descent, followed by 1.5km ascent in which …
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