After a night of being constantly propelled to the chair in front of me we reached Medellin. It is a huge city centred in a valley and sprawled up the mountains either side. On arrival it looked like a massive shanty town, then we reached the 'tourist' area with green leafy squares and hints of the western world. Medellin is famous, or notorious, for Pablo Escobar, the former head of the Medellin drug cartel. This guy was so rich he once offered to pay off Co...

A morning spent in 40 degree heat, 100% humidity waiting for a boat that was meant to leave an hour and a half ago. An afternoon spent lazing on a beach (skin sneakily burning) watching the make shift cocktail bar wheelbarrows roll by. The evening caught in a torrential downpour with the roads turning to rivers and the sky putting on a ferocious light show. All followed by a taxi driver whose hand is seemingly attached to the horn and intent on running somethi...