Blogs from Taganga, Colombia, South America - page 6

Hello all, Team St. Albert T8N (me, lena and Matt Johnson) decided to leave for the Lost City a day after meeting up in Taganga. Even though we are on the carribean coast - this place is sort of a hole and basically a jumping off point for the lost city, to go diving, or to buy cocaine from whacked out locals on the beach. Our group of five included the three of us, a high maintanance girl from London and adorable Ben from Sydney. After 2 hours in the back of a jeep we set off with our guide Alfredo - a Colombian version of Indiana Jones. Our first 45 minutes were an easy walk towards a small river that we stopped at to swim in. The refreshing swim and happy laughter was soon eliminated ... read more

After getting back from the jungle we decided to hang around Quito for a night and then catch the flight from Quito to Medellion on the 6th!!! We stayed in Medellion for 1 night in Black Sheep hostel which was really nice and so we sat down to watch Anchorman and The kite Runner. The next day we decided to take a look around the city and so when we stepped of the train we saw a student protest. As we had to go through the protest we decided to hurry and so when we were in the middle of the students they all scattered and so wat we saw was riot police comin up the road in an army tank spraying all the students. There was nowhere for us to go and so we had ... read more

It is so great to be back here. As soon as I arrived, I was walking around town with a big smile on my face. Checked back into the Divanga hostel and the staff there were so pleased to see me. Went to the house and met my housemates, which were these 2 cool Ozzie girls, Gabby and Sarah. Went to the beach for a bit and watched the sunset, then went back and got ready to go out. I´ve just kinda spent my days here exploring the different beaches, trying my hand fishing and eating lots of fish! ... read more

Wow - finding words to describe the last couple of weeks is hard. Taganga is a place that I found very easy to get stuck in. I call Taganga a holiday within a holiday because when you are travelling life can sometimes be hard. You are constantly on the move, going to new places, carrying all of your worldy possessions on your back, trying to communicate in a foreign language, make decisions and make them quickly and arriving in a new place on a regular basis where you don´t know a single soul. Taganga is a place where the living is easy for a traveller. Anything you think you could possibly want you can get very easily. There are restaurants gallore, fruit juice stalls everywhere, lots of dive schools, bars, walks in the mountains, people selling ... read more

So when we heard about La Ciudad Perdida Trek, people were saying very different things. Some said it was an easy stroll with not much at the end of it and others claimed they had enjoyed it more than any of the Inca trails in Peru. We got a really good price, teamed up with John an English guy whom we met in Cartagena and who is as equally trapped in Taganga as we are, and set off for the 6 day trek not really sure what to expect. Our guide Archie did not look like a man who trekked for a living (being about 17 stone), however with legs that any athlete would wish for he appeared to know his stuff and turned out to be a hard task master with little sympathy for us ... read more