Blogs from Taganga, Santa Marta, Colombia, South America - page 2

So, after 4 months in Colombia, I have finally left the country, reluctantly. I did not think that I’d enjoy one country to the extent that I could imagine doing business or even living there for a while. I was sceptic at first, very aware of safety issues and so on. G showed us the family life of uncles, aunts and the holy Easter week celebrations in Popayan. This was a great time. Mainly because everyone was so hospitable and interested in G’s international friends. We were served fabulous Colombian food, made fresh juices, driven around to see the best local attractions and viewing points, bars and what have you. It was a great time. And with G as our local Colombia guide, we were ensured to be given the best prices for all things. ... read more

Up early & repeated yesterdays breakfast before diving. I guess we don't care if we're paying for it...Their coffee is really good, so it's worth it. Plus we get a glass of freshly made juice & it's been different each morning, so that's nice. Today we're diving again with Juan, our DM from yesterday, & one other girl. It's raining this morning & before our first dive we all sat on the boat trying to get ready & just getting drenched from the rain. At least it's not cold & you can't tell it's raining once you're deep enough. It was kind of fun. Our first dive was at Juan's favorite dive spot & it was incredible. There were so many fish & they were sooo big & healthy. We saw the biggest Angelfish we've seen ... read more

We left Villa de Leyva with the intention of breaking the journey halfway in Bucaramanga. Steve was especially keen to stop here as there was another opportunity to eat something odd, this time it was large bottomed ants!  However when we arrived at Bucaramanga bus station and went to purchase tickets for the following day we discovered the journey to Santa Marta was not the mere 8-9 hours the guidebook proclaimed. It was in fact 13-15 hours (i.e. had to be a night bus). So we booked ourselves on to the next bus out. We arrived the following morning in the baking hot coastal city of Santa Marta (after 26 hours and 3 buses). We decided to head to the sleepy fishing village Taganga just a short taxi ride away (thankfully, as for reasons we still ... read more

Buenas!! Von Bogota gings per Flieger nach Santa Marta an der Karibikkueste. Der Flug hat 60 Eu gekostet und hat mir ´ne 20 std Busfahrt erspart. Bin dann direkt weiter nach Taganga, ein kleines Fischerdoerfchen 20 min weiter. Ziemlich malerisch in einer Bucht gelegen und bei Backpackern sehr beliebt. Hab im Hostel 2 Leute kennengelernt und hab mich denen angeschlossen in den Nationalpark Tayrona zu fahren.Sind dann am naechsten Morgen um 7 Uhr morgens mit ´nem Boot an der Kueste entlang und wurden an einer Bucht rausgelassen. Die Bucht war einfach der Hammer. Palmengesaeumter Strand mit unwirklich aussehenden Felsen die ins Wasser gehen. Haben uns dann ne Haengematte in einer Huette gemietet die auf so einen Felsen gebaut wurde, mit Blick aufs Meer. Der Tag war dann eher "tranquillo" :) Hab mir aber nen fetten Sonnenbrand ... read more

Tahlei It´s been quite a while since our last entry. Just a few short days ago we were thinking how nothing has gone wrong for us lately, and we therefore had no stories to tell. Generally having a good time does not for an interesting blog make. However all of a sudden we were hit by a streak of bad luck and the last couple of days nothing has been going our way, so now we´ll have plenty to say! But I´ll start with the good bits. We left Cartagena in a smaller and slower than expected bus to Santa Marta, and from there got a taxi to Taganga, a little fishing village turned gringo and hippie hangout. It is in a beautiful setting in a little bay surrounded by green mountains. We got our first ... read more