Colombia: A country where toilet paper is not sold on the black market. We arrived in the recently opened El Dorado airport in Bogotá and were glad to be in a new country. We met up with Matt, Phant's friend from work, and his wife Sandra. It was nice to see a familiar face and have a native of Bogota as our tour guide. We walked around La Candelaria, the old town, and visited the Gold Museum which was really interesting. The following day we went up to Montser...

We begin our five day trek on a rather colourful truck heading to a town called Machete Pelao. On the way, we stop and get down from the truck because the driver needs to syphon some of the petrol from our truck and give it to the 4x4 pulled up at the side of the road which is also bringing people to the trek. Later, we stop at a "petrol station" and once again jump out and watch as this time they syphon petrol back into the truck from two large fuel canisters. W...