The city of Cartagena on the Caribbean Coast is beautiful, full of cobbled alleys, large balconies covered in big bright flowers, and old colourful 16th and 17th century colonial buildings lining the streets. While the city has expanded into vast suburbs, the original parts of the town still remain inside the old city wall constructed by the Spanish to protect it from pirates trying to siege treasure plundered from the indigenous people. The climate in the town i...

Next stop - Colombia, a country we hadn't considered at the start of our trip planning due to the idea that it was unsafe, but having bumped into numerous people along our travels who sung Colombia's praises and after a bit more research into the country's safety, we couldn't resist taking a look for ourselves! Our entry into the country from Ecuador begun with a night in the town of 'Ipiales', where we shared an extremely basic room with Zach that came with flie...