Blogs from Antioquia, Colombia, South America - page 3

On my trip to Medellin, I went to Plaza Botero, is located in an area known as the "Old Quarter of Medellin". In the area there is a lot of informal commerce, you can buy souvenirs to give away, you can buy various reminders of the park, you can take nice photos. I bought some curious souvenirs.... read more

A few years ago I decided to travel with friends. Was a more funny experience that I lived. At the beginning was very difficult but we were twelve persons and each of one had different ideas and it was very hard to reach an agreement, but we can did it. We left Cartagena To Medellin by road, we went in three diferent cars and traveler for a whole day because we stopped in some towns to eat, to know and to rest.(After this trip I have never been traveling for so long on the road, defenitily I prefer to travel by plane). We decided stay one night in Medellín and then go to San Antonio, Rionegro, Guatapé y El Peñol. We slept every night in the town we knew, that way we did'nt have to move ... read more

My first two weeks in Colombia were amazing: I got to see quite a bit of the diverse landscape and make some fantastic memories with some great people. However, it was not representative of how the rest of my time in Colombia will go. For the next 10 months, I will be a volunteer teaching English at a government sponsored institution called SENA (Servicio National Aprendizaje). The program has many similarities to the community college system in the United States and can best be equated to a trade school. It is a post primary educational program -- meaning that most of my students will be between 18-30 years old. When I originally applied to the program back in May (2016), I put my preferred city of placement as Pereira, a middle-sized city in the coffee region ... read more

Day 50 Instant adventure Distance driven today: 336 miles / 541 km Cumulative distance driven: 8,599 miles / 13,839 km Today’s trip: Cartagena to Caucasia, Colombia Stuck in flooded Cartagena streets with 50cm / 1,5 ft of water: yes Back on the road again: definitely :-) We finally got our bike cleared at the port of Cartagena this morning. Of course the one final step required at the port, and which should only take 20min., ended up being 5 separate steps that took a bit over 1,5 hours. We had to go through 3 more inspections (!), forms and fee payments. But seriously, after 15 days of waiting, who is counting at this point! Excited that we could finally start riding again, Zoe and I returned to our hotel with the motorcycle to pack our things. ... read more

I had two day trips planned for my four night stay in Medellin. I decided to take the first of these to a well preserved colonial town called Santa Fe de Antioquia on Monday - am still having problems with my feet and they needed a rest! Got to the right bus terminal via the metro OK but when I saw that there were more than 50 counters selling tickets nearly turned tail and fled. However a helpful young man at the ‘punto de información’ pointed me in the right direction and I was soon getting on the bus. All very simple and straightforward. There are so many people checking your ticket that it would be difficult to get on the wrong one and they even put the bus's registration number on your ticket. A succession ... read more