Blogs from San Gil, Colombia, South America - page 6

Days 85 - 109: Quito (Ecu), Bogota (Col), Medellin (Col), Cartagena (Col), Santa Marta (Col), Parque Nacional Tayrona (Col), Taganga (Col), San Gil (Col) Executive Summary Status: Everyone’s left me Current location: Bucaramanga, Colombia Notable incidents: The arrival of the boys, small world Bogota, coldest bus ride ever, homeless at 4am in Medellin, Fred takes on a plate glass door … and loses, “My Lord it’s hot here!” Cartagena, Darwinian evolution of sleeping furniture, beautiful Tayrona, Sim leaves , damn Indigenous people and their ceremonies upset the itinerary, the boys go sub-aqua and adrenaline sports in San Gil. Facial hair status: All gone - after a brief Merv Hughes episode. Full Report Jules: So after having way too much fun, spending way too much money and enjoying w... read more

So, dann sind wir schnell raus aus bogota und rein in die berge. san gil. habe auf dem weg da hin die tollen strassen bemerkt....huuuiuiuiiiiui, ich muss unbedingt ein motorrad kaufen und rumcruisen, irgendwann. san gil ist schoen, wir haben einige ausfluege gemacht, unter anderem nach barichara, ein wunderbares doerfchen. fotos folgen irgendwann. schoene planzen haben wir auf unserer kleiner wanderung entdeckt. voralem bromelien. schoen schoen. leider hatte ich ein kleines problem, ich habe im bus nach san gil ein fleischspieschen gegessen. keine gute idee, war wohl schon alt und nicht gerade erster guete :D naja, dafuer weiss ich jetzt wie man diarrea schreibt hihi jo, das wars auch schon...... read more

Sitting in the front seat of minibus ,chatting to the driver about his life ,while travelling through the green hills of Central Colombia.Colombian music playing softly while a mother and toddler giggle happily amongst the other passengers in the back.My life is like a dream.I must have been a saint in my last life. Well since last entry I've done a few miles.I got my Ecuadorian Tat done and went to a tourist shop.This was Monday and they told me that the next tour that included walking to the refuge on Cotopaxi wasn't until Saturday.I have wanted to do this walk since seeing a kids reality show ,on ABC, about a group of kids ,from UK, who were chosen to go to Cotopaxi and build an enclosure for caged bears who were about to be released ... read more

Day 708 (07.03.09) We were planning a monster day of walking and more adventure stuff, but soon realised that we just wouldn't be able to fit it all in - there's just way too much to do around here for our limited time! We eventually opted for a day out in a local town and a walk around the local area with the mates we'd met at the hostel. Starting off with a fruit feast from the local market for brekkie we found a minibus destined for Barichara and our first stop on our day out. After wandering around the stunning colonial town we stopped off for another amazing set lunch at a local restaurant (3 courses for 1 pound 50) before setting off on the hour and a half walk down the hill to another ... read more

Day 706 (05.03.09) It turns out that San Gil is pretty much the adventure capital of Colombia and the list of activities available is as long as your arm. With still relatively few travellers hitting Colombia the prices are also at bargain levels and the set up for the activities very non-commercial which all suited us just fine. We had perused the list and chosen a few to keep us busy over the next few days of adrenalin fuelled action. With a nice and fairly leisurely 9am start we had an action packed day ahead of us. We had joined a group of guys and gals from the hostel for a day on the white water. For our rafting we had two choices, the first a low budget fun filled laugh of a day on grade ... read more