Our flight was uneventful but it was really nice travelling by plane rather than by bus for once and it meant we missed out a night bus which was really good! We grabbed a bus to the center which had giant speakers blaring out music and a crazy driver which is standard in South America. Locals told us to hop out so we did and then walked to a street which in the lonely planet had loads of hostels. We spoke to some people who were in a dorm for 28,000 ($14) so we...

We had yet another horrible night bus journey where we couldn't sleep and then piled into a mini bus to continue on towards Salento. Salento is a famous coffee region in Colombia, and once we arrived we decided to do a famous hike but having thrown our hiking boots away in Popayan we only had flip flops in which to do the hike! This was not a good idea! Once we eventually arrived to the start of the hike we realised it was all uneven and muddy. AND we don't eve...

The night bus to Bogota was uneventful, it actually arrived on time which was not good as that meant we arrived at 5:30! However by the time we got through traffic in Bogota in the coach and in the taxi it was already 9am before we got to the hostel. We tried checking in but Dan had mistakenly booked beds for exactly one month in front of what we wanted! The manager was so nice and let us pay for a ten bed dorm but put us in a 6 bed dorm because the 10 bed was f...

Popayan Our first day in Popayan we got breakfast from a chicken and rice place then found another cheaper place to stay. We found a really cool hostel right on the main square, we got a private room which had a lounging bed and then stairs up to a bed above which was really cool. We spent a bit of time getting showers and then went out. The town was really nice but everything was white which hurt your eyes if you weren't wearing sunglasses. It was a small prett...

Just so you don't think our whole life is fun and games, I'm going to tell you about our expedition across the Colombian border. We got dropped off from the jungle into lago agrio, a sketchy city at around 2pm; our night bus wasn't until 11pm so that was a lot of time to kill. Our new friend Tara, (who travelled all of Colombia with us so I'll mention her from the beginning) also turned up to buy her ticket and we killed a few hours in the bus terminal, which wa...