After San Agustin we made our way to the Colombian boarder town of Ipiales, passing some of the most beautiful scenery I`ve seen so far... the town itself is just like any other boarder town but it is worth stopping off to visit an impressive neo-Gothic church which stands in the middle of a beautiful river gorge. I`m not normally that excited about churches but this one was worth making an exception for due to its setting. It was built in the early 20C after an ...

So last time we spoke I was soaking up the natural beauty of Salento... I unfortunately never managed to hike to the hummingbirds or see the high altitude palms that sounded so amazing partly due to being a bit knocked back with a throat infection and partly due to endless torrential rain which didn`t seem to want to let up for days on end... so I decided to make my way to Cali to be reunited with Ben, the last remaining fellow boat friend still traveling the sam...

So I left Bogota a few days ago... and a good thing too as I hear there have been bombs going off! Nothing too serious I don´t think, just inevitable drama in the run up to the elections. Anyway I really enjoyed Bogota. Spent the days sight seeing and the evenings dancing. We took the cable car up Cerro de Monserrate which is a peak overlooking the city and the views were amazing. I really wanted to take the funicular railway as I´ve loved them ever s...

Brrr Bogota is chilly! It's like being in England... well not quite! I've been here a couple of days and I already love this city. It's more cosmopolitan than Medellin. I love the variety here. Just like many capital cities you can walk down the street and see punks, hippies, trendy girls in skinny jeans, beggers, yuppies in shiny cars, junkies, business men... but there's also something distinctly Colombian about it. It's vibrant and people are as friendly as ev...

So I have been in Medellin for the last week. As far as I could tell it´s a fairly affluent city although, like every city I´ve visited in latin america the outskirts are surrounded by awful slums. Medellin used to be Colombia´s coke trafficking capital and was one of the most dangerous places in Colombia. Security has improved here in recent years and it´s now reportedly one of the safest cities in South America... and instead of drugs it...