http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/San-Gil/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Colombia , San Gil en-us Thu, 15 May 2008 13:37:45 BST Thu, 15 May 2008 13:37:45 BST Hello everyone Today we just arrived in San Gil which is about a 7 hour bus ride north of Bogota. I think the road was more twisty than any road I have been on in Vancouver. Tomorrow we are going to go white water rafting in the morning and paragliding in the afternoon. Then we will be heading to the North Coast to spend time there. While in Bogota we wandered around the city center the f http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/San-Gil/blog-270714.html After being so lucky to have locals looking after me in Bogota and finding out that whenever I ask the price of anything it is always double what they are told I have been extremely frustrated travelling on my own and am constantly wary of the locals. I met an old man at the bus station on my way back to San Gil from Barichara who tried to befriend me I was thinking hes old enough to be my gran http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/San-Gil/Barichara/blog-229883.html Nach Taganga bin ich nach San Gil in der Region Santander gefahren. Dies ist ein schoenes kleines Staedtchen auf ca. 1.500m also tolles Klima grosse Fluesse und die Berge drumherum. Hier kann man sich nach Herzenslust an Outdoor Aktivitaeten austoben. Von Raften ueber Klettern Mountainbiking Reiten Caving gibts eigentlich so gut wie alles. Suedamerika ist mein lang ersehnter Abenteuerspiel http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/San-Gil/blog-206257.html Before I start this blog just to explain that I am doing a bit of 'blogcatchup' at the moment as time got away on me and I haven't had a chance until now to get them all updated I am currently in Australia but here is my last instalment from Colombia before I arrived home in Oz. Adrenalin packed rafting expedition in San Gil... The closest i've felt to drowning So after dragging ourselves awa http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/San-Gil/blog-195192.html Unbelievable but true I went to the white water rafting capital of Colombia. Ok San Gil is the only place in Colombia where you can go rafting but we wonrsquot be picky will we.The other reason why I thought of stopping in San Gil was that it nicely breaks up the 20 hour bus ride to the coast. Didnrsquot expect much from the town but I liked it very much. It is not that big 30.000 very clea http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/San-Gil/blog-54488.html Unbelievable but true I went to the white water rafting capital of Colombia. Ok San Gil is the only place in Colombia where you can go rafting but we wonrsquot be picky will we.The other reason why I thought of stopping in San Gil was that it nicely breaks up the 20 hour bus ride to the coast. Didnrsquot expect much from the town but I liked it very much. It is not that big 30.000 very clea http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/San-Gil/blog-47367.html