Cartagena burnt down 19 years after it was founded in the 1500s by Spanish colonialists and named after the city of Cartagena in Spain. It is only permitted to use non-flammable materials for buildings, a rule which has affected the…
How hard is the hike to Colombia’s lost city of Ciudad Perdida?
If you always wanted to go to the Lost City of Atlantis but couldn’t as it doesn’t exist then The Lost City is a very good bet. It takes six days and it is a slightly edgier and considerably lower…
Day tripping from Bogota to Zipaquirá’s salt cathedral
Bogota is rough around the edges certainly, I think Plaza de Bolivar would sigh if it were to speak, after all the things that it has seen. However, La Candelaria district is a place to be. Lovely cafes, museums and…
What is it like to do a bungee jump?
Many moons ago, I visited Australia for 3 months to do some travelling and plant some trees. I went to Western Australia and lived in a house in Willagee with ten other travellers from around the world. I was young…
Wildlife watching in Venezuela’s Los Llanos
After travelling up from Manaus into Venezuela via a stopover in Santa Elena and spending two solid days travelling including 12 hours at a bus station I was thrilled to be in Merida. Merida is a city on the Western…
I went on a really cheap Amazon trip and this is what happened
After I crossed the picket lines in Northern Peru I met a guy called Daniel on a boat. We decided to hire our own guide and go on a really cheap jungle trip. We went on an unofficial tour from…