We arrive in Cartegena around 8pm, chuck our bags in the hostel and hit the town with an Ozzy lad we met, supposedly Thursday is a big night so we can't go mssing that! We head to the old town and buy drinks from street vendors, about 70p a bottle of beer, bargain. I manage to stumble through a conversation with a Colombian girl in Spanish, Angie, an artist in town for an art event. Slowly picking up the lingo. We head to a bar that actually plays music other tha...

We arrived in Santa Marta early in the morning and had a recommended hostel to try, and it turned out to be one of the best hostels so far! We got sorted and took a walk around the centre and beachfront, however being around midday on the Caribbean coast it was a tad bit hot!! So, we trooped back to the hostel and started our South American Pool competition, a few hours and some very cheap drinks later, we headed downstairs for for some food in a Mexican place. I...

Having crossed the border at San Antonio in Venezuela, all very easy considering what people had told us, we then got a taxi to Cucuta. We were told not to hang around this city as there was nothing to see and lots of scams etc, so we jumped on the next bus to Bogota on yet another overnight bus. We reached the capital on Sunday morning and checked into a small hostel in the colonial part. However, we then realised that the city was mainly closed until Wednesday,...