We decided to have a lazy day and sort out future travel plans and write the blog, it is quite a few days behind. Having a late start turned out not to be the best move when it came to breakfast. There was only one table for breakfast and a German family of six were already seated although just finishing off. Instead of waiting until they vacated the table (which they were in no rush to do because they were discussing what to do that day), we had our breakfast se...

We were up early to have breakfast before heading out to walk in Cocora Valley. After the breakfasts we were used to in Manizales, today was a bit of a dissappointment. The only choice was having eggs scrambled or fried, no options of tomatoes or onions being cooked with the eggs. The eggs were accompanied with a rather dry arepa and one cup of instant coffee. We arrived early for the jeep shuttle to Cocora, we didn't want to be left behind through lack of space...

After our final breakfast in Manizales, we said our goodbyes to Martha at Kaleidoscopio. This has to be one of the most hospitable places we have stayed on our trip so far. In the cable car, on our way to the bus terminal, we were joined by a local writer/joke teller, Carlos, who published his own magazine. We got chatting... well, at least he chatted with Maria in Spanish... and he gave a copy of his magazine - according to him, it was for over 18 year olds and ...