We arrived in the romantic city of Cartagena mid afternoon with an American couple we met. We tried to get a taxi but he kept insisting that he could not fit all 4 of us and 4 big bags in. His car miraculously seemed to grow the moment we offered him a bit more money and he was happy to take us to the old town without further complaint! As we had to change our flights before we had decided that our money would go a lot further in here than it would in Argentina, ...

Santa Marta We got off the plane in Santa Marta, collected our bags (shock horror the last off the plane!) and after meeting some guy realised we were going in the same direction so shared a taxi. We had decided to try a hostel that sounded alright in the book, but unfortunately they were full. The plan was to hole up somewhere for a day or 2 and use the time to try and find a nice resort without the pressure of having nowhere else to stay and without the bags. ...

After spending a week in Huanchaco at a lovely hotel for Angie’s Birthday we then headed to Mindo in Ecuador where we stayed at Angie’s friend Laura’s house. Laura had moved out to Ecuador from Leeds about 2 years ago and her and her husband built their own house in the Jungle. We spent two weeks relaxing and helping out at the animal rescue that she works at with one particular monkey, who was in heat, going crazy for Antonio. From here we headed to Colomb...