Day 2: Rain and rivers Just for a change, another big uphill, this time as a wake up call before 6am. As we pushed up we had to climb past some boggy bits, a product of the overnight rain. We had a mainly uneventful climb and decent for three hours, past a coffee producer asleep in a hammock out the front and past a few other camps on our way to breakfast camp. We arrived at another camp which was set out really well, and it had what looked like clean bunk beds....

Day 1: This is hot We got up excited and packed our small bags for the trek. We were both only taking our day sacs, mine quarter filled with the camera. Other items included one set of dry clothes in a ziplock bag, underwear x4, socks x1 for the night (incase of mosquitoes), board shorts and a towel. Also toiletries and cards, all you need. We were picked up and dropped in Santa Marta at one of the tour offices where we met our group. It was a diverse group of ...

Hola Bogota We spent another night on a bus. it has been a while since we had a night bus, crossing from Argentina to Bolivia on my birthday it might be and on a semi cama i have to say i have not missed it. In this lovely trip during the corse of the night, we picked up many people. Every time we did naturally they had to turn on all the lights the bus had. This is only the minor inconvenience as Columbians don't try to avoid you when you are sleeping, they do...

Columbia We wake up early again as our bodies are just use to it now. A cold shower doesn't really turn me on so we skip it and head for the bus stop. After trying a few places we decide we have to take a local minibus. We go look at it, pay, chuck our bags on and think about breakfast. I wait while Sarah heads to the toilet. While I'm waiting the locals are having shots of a beer colored thick drink. The bottle was a red local soft drink bottle with a darker br...

Markets and off to Columbia We got some choice at breakfast which was a nice surprise. As we looked around we noticed some friends from earlier were sitting at the table next to us. We caught up while munching through a great breakfast. As i enjoyed my eggs with Vegemite, another traveler comented about it and how much he missed it. i thought for a second and offered it to him, i have alot and there was enough for him to enjoy for a week or two. Sarah took adva...