Wir sind mit einer mittleren Maschine von Cartagena aus in einer Stunde nach Providencia geglogen. Die Gepaeckkontrolle war sehr streng. Alles wurde genau untersucht und jede Tube geoeffnet. In San Andres haben wir dann gleich noch den Weiterflug nach Providencia in einer 19plaetzigen Propellemaschine gebucht und sind zwei Stunden spaeter gleich weitergeflogen. Nach 20 Minuten waren wir schon dort und sind in einem kleinen Hotel abgestiegen. Von unserem Zimmer sind es nur ca. 6 Meter zum Meer. Es hatte zwar geregnet als wir ankamen doch es war trotzdem noch sehr warm. Die Insel ist sehr klein (7,5 km lang, 4 km [View Full Entry]

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For a political cartographer, the island of San Andrés is Colombia. For some nicaragüenses, it’s Nicaragua, part of an archipelago unfairly allotted to Colombia by a 1928 treaty which Nicaragua claims was signed under duress during U.S. occupation of the Central American country. And for a tribunal in The Hague currently dealing with the dispute, it is… to be decided. The archipelago - which also includes the islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina, as well as a number of islets, cays and sand banks - is located in the Caribbean, approximately 720km from the Colombian coast and 220km from Nicaragua. Early [View Full Entry]

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Another day in the beatuiful city of medellin. My sisters godfather invited us to have lunch, and to spend the day shopping with him. He took me to a jewlary store in medellin where they make jewlary out of animals horns. Doesnt sound pleasan but the jewlary is acutally very beautiful. there he had me pick out a set, so that he could purchase it for me. well after that we left to Botero}s musem. Botero is a colombia artist, who paint fat people mainly fat women. His work is one that i really enjoy, so he took me to see [View Full Entry]

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Have you ever seen paradise? Well, if you haven't I would like to invite you to spend some time in san Andres island. Clear waters, white sandy beaches, hospitable people, and great food. San Andres is the place to be! small advertisement for the few who actually read this… but anyway Tuesday morning our taxi arrived at 630 in the morning to take us to the airport. The airport in medellin is at least an hour away. With the regular routine of checking in , and lines, and tons of waiting, our plane left at around 9ish, and arrived at 11.As [View Full Entry]

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El Aquario is national protected wildlife area. It’s two very small islands in the middle of the ocean that are connected through a sandbar. We woke up early and ate breakfast; breakfast is a buffet style all you can eat. After breakfast out tour guide was waiting. He directed everyone to follow him he was going to take us to where the boats where launched. The place where the boats are launch is guarded by gates inside the gates there’s wooden benches to the left with people sitting down. And vendors to the right selling water shoes, and snorkel gear. We [View Full Entry]

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Andes is another small town, that surrounds Medellin. My dad was born there, and my cousin sandra's family lives there. In Andes her family has serval coffee farms. We left with Beatriz, sandra's mom early saturday august 11, towards Andes. The road to Andes has serval pot holes, and it's not fully paved. There was also sections were we had to wait for several minutes while people cleared the road, because rocks from the mountain fell along the road, and blocked traffic. Arrving in Andes we were immediately greeted by Beatrìz' dad, wh invited us to take a seat in the [View Full Entry]

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Here are pictures from my trip to San Andres Isla. The island is actually next to Nicaragua but is claimed to belong to Colombia. This island is a relaxing get away for Colombianos (sort of like Hawaii is to the US). The people are so friendly. You will hear Spanish and Patwa (spelling error?) and see some really amazing ladies that vacation from Medellin, Calli, and Baranquilla. [View Full Entry]

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