Day 112 - Monday 21st June Watched an enthralling opening to Wimbledon as the Colombian qualifier Falla took Federer to 5 sets...Bumped into Lyndsey from Buenos Aires in the street and persuaded her two Irish friends Kiran and Kevin (the source of much confusion) to take the boat with us. There'd been some complications with double counting Oli and myself and so we'd have to wait until Thursday to leave. Checked out the old town for rest of the day and spent the...

Day 110 - Saturday 19th June Caught Holland beat Japan and then caught the minibus further up the coast with some guys from the hostel. A few hours of breakdowns and searing heat later we found ourselves trekking through the jungle to the crystal blue waters of the Tayrona National Park. Characterised by giant, smooth, grey boulders it's one of the most stunning coastlines you'll ever see. We walked down past the first few beaches and ended up at the awesome Cab...

Day 109 - Friday 18th June Arrived in Santa Marta at 6am to find ROASTING heat. Incredible. Took the short taxi ride up the coast to the neighbouring fishing village of Taganga and caught some of the football. Bakery breakfast and dipped my toes into the warm waters on the beach. Finally managed to catch Mike in China over Skype, as he was up to catch another great England game. The 0:0 draw with Algeria delivered. Read in a hammock under the sunset before pizza...

Day 108 - Thursday 17th June Arrived annoyingly early but caught sunrise over The Green City. Checked out the parks and roamed the streets, caught all 3 football games and then took the plunge and got my hair cut by an extremely large and extremely camp Colombian hairdresser...Met up with Liliana's friends for the evening and then caught the overnight bus to the Caribbean coast. Someone kindly stole the bag for my sleeping bag. Petty left these days...

Day 105 - Monday 14th June Having met Liliana the previous night, a Colombian in Medellin to sell shoes that she'd makes in another city, we headed with Steve to Colombia's equivalent of The Science Museum...probably for children but hey ho, it had an aquarium too so we really had no choice but to go... Day 106 - Tuesday 15th June Slow day checking out the city, taking one of the metro lines that turns into a cable car and heads out up and over the favelas and...