The great beach setup If only we had aircon, this place would be great. We wandered down to the local beach for a morning dip, just to bring us back to life. We relaxed in the cool water, looking up at the amazing setup on the beach. Sun loungers under palm trees on white sand, sun lounger cabanas which was raised up and had a small roof. These were right on the waters edge and had an amazing view. All these had full bar service and towels included. We contempla...

Santa Marta to Curaçao Another morning I'd rather forget, one where you are wrecked before the alarm goes off. Once in the taxi we noticed everyone was wearing yellow shirts, the yellow Colombia football team shirts. Around 80-90% of people on the street and in other cars were wearing the shirts, it was impressive. At 3:30pm Colombia were playing Ecuador one city over, in the World Cup qualifier. If Colombia win they are through to the World Cup in Brazil! T...

One slow day There was no moving me anywhere, unless it was a trip to the toilet. I even spent time during the night hugging the toilet. There were some wise moments but at least I made it (it was a close call). So it was needless to say I was slow and it really was uphill all day. Sarah woke up to her alarm early at six with the strict plan to try and get a refund for the flights from Venezuela to curaçao. With a full sob story ready and feeling like there w...

Day 5: Home again A slow and lazy start to the day after we both woke at 3:30 and went back to sleep. Since this point I was supporting a really healthy headache and a sore jaw on one side. With some hammock troubles of my own I dozed through to 7:30 and Sarah till 8:10 (after a 6am read). The five day trek really did allow for a more relaxed and enjoyable time in the jungle, just time to take it all in. We headed off back up hills wearing dry clothes but wet...

Day 4: Our little group The others were up at 5am for a long walk back to the starting point while we rose at 7:30 for a more civilized 9am departure. We had a relaxed breakfast which began with the usual coffees and hot chocolates. The most interesting part of our conversation was about WW1 and WW2, due to the war book Sarah was reading. It was about the origins of the wars and how they are taught to us in schools. Particularly interesting since we had a German...