Julzie

The night life in Taganga is quite good & consists of lots of wee bars & restaurants & a club called El Garage: it’s open & busy Wednesday-Saturday & it’s stinking hot there even though it’s completely out doors. Afterwards everyone usually goes to the beach for the after-party which is cool, in a hot sweaty kind of way, especially when there’s a 24 hour bottle shop round the corner! ... read more

I received a little miffed comment from a Colombian blog reader about the “drug cartels, bandits & kidnappers” description in a previous blog…..so apologies to all Colombians who are in denial about their history, their current state of affairs & their potential future. No offence was intended. There are no terrorists; no one I know in this particular hostel has been robbed on the way to Playa Grande (twice) & kidnappings never happen…….here….ever……honest! Oh Fingerprinting your mail: Following on from how settled this country truly is & coupled with the fact that the weight involved in carrying a kilt, sporran & big heavy Scottish leather belt across Central America (where the reality is I’d never get to wear it - as it’s just too feckin damn hot) & the length of an Amazonian blowdart gun is ... read more

So after the dodgy goings on with Santiago & his friend Charles I headed off to another place called Cha Cha Night Club on the top floor of a skyscraper, great club with stunning views over the city, see photo! Anyway it was about time to leave Bogota & head for the beach & the sun when I discovered that DJ Sacha was playing another fabulous club called “The End” on the roof of a hotel so I opted to stay to the end of the week & have one more BIG night out before heading to the Caribbean. I wasn’t disappointed-the view from the dance floor was just stunning & the club had more security than Barack Obama. I won’t go into the dramas at the door being searched by Army personnel with machine guns, ... read more

Buenos Diaz Bogotá: Things are pretty cool in Bogotá in fact its freezing cold & it rains in big huge thunderstorms most days around 3 PM! I didn’t realise somewhere so close to the equator could be so cold, I guess its got something to do with the fact we are almost at 10000 ft. After arriving at Bogota Airport, Danny & I decided it would be prudent to share taxi costs & have safety in numbers so we headed into town & stayed at a great hostel called El Cafecito, a lovely big old house with big rooms, fireplaces & a nice restaurant & bar. We got chatting to the barman Santiago & got invited “out” with his friend Charles when he finished his shift. Unfortunately….it was the start of holy week so lots of ... read more

I had to make one last entry to say I now understand the power of being tall. My 12.50 pm flight that I booked only a week earlier was cancelled and I was put on the 4 pm back to Lima. The 4pm flight arrived at 4.30 with a dud engine and wasn't going anywhere. At 6pm the flight was officially cancelled till the next day. Now knowing that another flight to Lima had been due to go at 5 and hadn't arrived yet I raced for the counter. This is where the height advantage came in. At 5ft 1in I was half a foot taller than most women and half the men. Those that I did not outpace on the race to the desk I manged to lean over to put me in 3rd position. ... read more