12th June 2013- I think there is a bus at 9:30 am that heads to ipiales so packed up and walked to the bus terminal. Asked a couple different desk but couldn't get a very clear answer of when a bus was going, thanks to my lack of Spanish. Managed to get a bus that was leaving at 9;10am with a good company so hoped on that. It was interesting that they had a bus as yesterday when asked if they had any buses going they said no. The bus travelled for nearly 2 hours ...

11th June 2013- Made my way to the hostel were Katie and alex are staying this morning. We then walked to the bus terminal and caught a bus to saliva, a small town about 1.5 hours into the mountains. The ride was in a small bus and again windy and slow. We made it to the town and walked around the square and market. On Tuesday they have a big market were locals from the surrounding hills come into town to buy and sell goods and food. It was incredible to see all ...

10th June 2013- up at 5:30am to check out and catch a taxi to the bus terminal. Had the reception translate that I wanted a window seat near the front of the bus to show the booking office. Taxi seemed to drive around the city a bit before arriving at the bus depot which meant the fare was higher than expected. Brought a ticket and then just had wait the 45 mins for the bus to depart. Met a solider and his mother while waiting and he also traveling to popayan. My...

9th June 2013- am heading off to see the salt mine cathedral in Zipaquira . Went for a quick walk into the city first to find and atm and noticed that they have closed a lot of the streets for bike riding and walking. Have organized to go with a guide as with my chance of finding the way on the local buses isn't great. Meet William at 10am at the hostel and we drove for nearly two hours out of the city. The traffic was heavy so we had to make several turns around...

8th June 2013 - have been up and down most of the night feeling sick so that isn't great. Decided to walk over to the gold museum. Only got a little lost but thanks to google maps, that I can now use again thanks to Internet. Was able to hire an audio guide in English and spent the next couple of hours looking around the amazing collection of Pre Colombian gold. It showed thousands of different gold pieces from the different regions around Columbia. You could see...