¡Hola! We arrived in San Agustin after another overnight journey feeling reasonably refreshed.The coaches in Colombia, although quite expensive, are really luxurious and perfectly comfortable places to spend a night.The seats are like thrones with an inconceivable amount of legroom, and they recline almost fully so we've been managing to sleep pretty soundly, albeit wrapped up in several layers of clothes and a blanket - the air-conditioning is invariably jamme...

¡Hola! We arrived in Bogota in the morning and headed to the backpacker/student area of La Candelaria; the 'old town' part of the city.First impressions were that this was a seriously big city - a huge pool of grey concrete filling a large valley surrounded by tall green mountains - home to some 7 million people.Bogota is most definitely a 'first-world' city, with all of the infrastructure you would expect to see in a modern European city.Unfortunately for Bogo...

¡Buenas! Barichara was a place that was recommended to us by the nice Colombian family we met on the trip to Playa Blanca, so we thought that this was probably a recommendation worth following up.A few hours south of Bucaramanga, Barachara is perched on the side of a spectacular valley in the north central highlands.The whole region is stunning and the views out of the bus window on route were similar to what you might expect to see in Scotland or New Zealand...

¡Buenas! Throw away your guide book - it wont prepare you for how beautiful Cartagena is! We arrived in Cartagena in the day and found ourselves a neat twin room in a hostel.Despite being the principle backpacker place in Cartagena, the set up was much more to our liking.Quieter (yes, we are getting old), with a nice kitchen to use, and free Wi-Fi. As with many Latin American cities, Cartagena has an old colonial district surrounded by a large modern city.In ...