After Bogotá we headed to Tunja the City of churches. Which we were hoping would be a good place to witness the Easter festivities. Like I have mentioned before Latin America is a very religious place and this was proved in Tunja. On the Easter Friday there were lots of things going on and was difficult to try and be in a number of different places to try and see as much as possible. The streets were lined and packed with people and a procession went throughout the town, which included bands from school children to the military. The bands were [View Full Entry]

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15th september-16th sptember Arriving in Villa De Leyva, was like stepping back in time, of what i can only imagine Colombia once looked like before modern planning. Stayed in a cosy hostel "hostel colonial", and mesmerised by the town, i went for my camera at which point i realised that it was missing. The only time my bag with camera had left me was when i headed to the bathroom on the bus... that was when the thieves must have taken it!! Surprisingly, have learnt to be quite chilled on holidays, so the experience didn´t deter me too much...and i manage [View Full Entry]

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Tunja Quem é que nunca quis ir a Tunja? Quem é que nunca se viu desembarcar, no terminal de Tunja e aventurar-se pela capital do Boyacá? Eu, pessoalmente, nunca tinha ouvido falar, mas ficava a caminho de Bogotá e parecia um atractivo porto de abrigo em direcção ao sul. A viagem entre San Gil e Tunja foi, uma vez mais na minha vida, um momento agradável. Lá fora uma paisagem dramática, selva, picos cortados pelas nuvens, a estrada a serpentear a beira de vales, bananeiros, bananas, e as pessoas que apanham as bananas, bicicletas carregadas de bananas, carrinhos de mão escondidos [View Full Entry]

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