Jan 11, 2020 | Central America, South America
Next stop was a small town called Salento. We swapped from the bus to some Jeep “Willys” to travel further up the mountain roads to Cocora valley before starting a hike. Many of the Jeeps were surplus after the second World War, and shipped from the USA to...
Jan 10, 2020 | Central America, South America
We took a short, 30 minute flight over the mountains to Armenia in one of the Coffee regions. [That’s Armenia the town, not the country we visited a few months earlier!] We then took an educational tour of a coffee plantation. Checking out a fun coffee grinder...
Jan 9, 2020 | Central America, South America
We landed in Bogota with a couple of days to explore the city before meeting our small tour group.We were pleasantly surprised by Bogota. The guides we read hadn’t really rated it, and we were expecting just a big, dirty city. Instead we found an interesting...
Jan 1, 2020 | Central America, South America
The next installment of our Gap Year travels begins on 2 Jan (2020) – Michelle’s birthday. We start in Colombia in Bogota. The focus will be on brown powder (coffee) rather than white. In Colombia we’re joining a G Adventures small group tour. Then...
Mar 4, 2019 | South America
We drove hundreds of kilometers across the Bolivian desert in 4x4s. We stopped to see the Train cemetery. Even the “A” roads are just dirt. We stopped for a dip in the hot springs. We stopped for a break at a “Service...
Mar 4, 2019 | South America
Much of Bolivia is amazing, but the highlight has to be Salar de Uyuni, the famous salt flats. 4x4s picked us up to take us out onto the flats. At this time of the year, the salt flats are flooded by just a few inches of water. Apparently this is better as you then...
