Bogota..Colombia
2022年12月30日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Arrived after a 10+ hour flight from Amsterdam..am in a suite on 23 rd floor..it's massive..I'm rattling around in here☺️..€117..that's not per night..that's for 3 nights 😜..got to be oneもっと詳しく
Bogota..and murals
2022年12月31日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
..like Santiago..Bogota is great for wandering around..but I've never been anywhere with so many military..police..and private security..they're everywhere..making me feel safer..I'm staying in aもっと詳しく
Cathedral Zipaquira
2023年1月1日, コロンビア ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
..what a start to 2023.. Zipaquira..a colonial town..and Colombia's salt mining capital..incredible church interior..
Zipaquira Salt Cathedral
2023年1月1日, コロンビア ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
..a subterranean Cathedral in a vast salt mine..660 ft underground..up at 8000ft..mining goes back to 5th century..incredible..and a good way to commence 2023.
Bogota to Medellin
2023年1月2日, コロンビア ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
..travel day..on the Expresso Bolivariano..400kms..250 miles..so quite a journey across mountainous terrain..no pics 😟
Fernando Botero
2023年1月3日, コロンビア ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Colombian artist..specialising in depicting people and figures in large and exaggerated volume
...rainy old morning in Medellin..but the Montagne Goretex Pro jacket did the trick👌
..a right mixture here..
2023年1月3日, コロンビア ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Cathedral Basilica Metropolitano de Medellin..Simon Bolivar..the hero of a continent..he led the fight for the independence of Bolivia..Colombia..Equador..Peru..and Venezuela..and Medellin fruitもっと詳しく
El Penol de Guatape
2023年1月4日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
..first venture into Colombian Andes..to a massive granite rock..an Inselberg outcrop ..200 m above it's base..so..climbed to 7005 ft..at the top...its estimated to be 65 million yearsもっと詳しく
Guatape
2023年1月4日, コロンビア ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
..after a splendid lunch ..a wander around..and a couple of beers in this Andean resort town.. known for its houses decorated with colourful bas- reliefs- ( sculptures )
Medellin to Cartagena
2023年1月5日, コロンビア ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
..another travel day..800kms..but what a way to see the landscape..except most of it was at night..Expreso Brasilia got me there..the distances in South America continue to be mind blowing..but I’mもっと詳しく
Cartagena des Indias
2023年1月6日, コロンビア ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
...a port city on Colombia's Carribbean coast..founded in 16 th Century..colourful colonial buildings in the walled Old Town..where I'm staying..for 5 nights..a good relax ..before I head into Theもっと詳しく
Cartagena
2023年1月7日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
..the sightseeing bit needs to be done early..to get back onto the rooftop terrace..and a sunbed..for some Vit D..and beers..what else does one need in life🤣Some pics of Cathedral Santaもっと詳しく
..old..and new..
2023年1月8日, コロンビア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
..contrasting the old and the new in Cartagena..earlier this morning..must find out about the guy with the sword.. the heat was already quite intense by 11am..so I had to head back to my rooftopもっと詳しく
Castile San Felipe de Barajas
2023年1月9日, コロンビア ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
..a fortress castle..built from 1536..to defend Cartagena against Carribbean pirates..and other invaders..including the British..who suffered a crushing loss in 1741..it's now a more tranquilもっと詳しく
..final day in Cartagena
2023年1月10日, コロンビア ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
..where did that go then.. pleased I booked 5 nights here..a really interesting place..these pics are showing the town at work..local people..and some run down areas..always good to get a balance whenもっと詳しく
Cartagena to Bogota..
2023年1月11日, コロンビア ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
..via Barranquilla....go due North from Barranquilla..and you reach Cuba..going past Jamaica on your left..and Haiti on your right..pics today not the best..as from a moving Expreso Brasiliaもっと詳しく
Back in Bogota..for a bit longer
2023年1月12日, コロンビア ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
..a challenging start..bus got into Bogota over 3 hours late..meaning a missed flight to Quito..no big deal..I have a flexible ticket..booked onto tomorrow's LATAM flight..and a comfortable airportもっと詳しく
Bogota to Quito
2023年1月13日, エクアドル ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
...the first flight of 2023..to Equador..and into an afternoon of thunderstorms..so all I've got is a couple of shots ascending out of Bogota..on an Airbus A319..and the cockpit..hopefully..betterもっと詳しく
Quito
2023年1月14日, エクアドル ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
..meaning..middle of the earth..no seasons..regular sunrise and sunset..but I had to cut short my stroll in the old town..when an almighty thunderstorm gave way..which is evident on the pics beforeもっと詳しく
Basilica..Quito
2023年1月14日, エクアドル ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Roman Catholic..neo Gothic..largest in the Americas..not a patch on York Minster..actually..it is 🙂
Laguna de Quilotoa
2023年1月15日, エクアドル ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
..a water filled crater lake..and the most western volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes..lake surface at 3500 m..and... 3 kms across..first volcano of 2023🙂
Banos
2023年1月16日, エクアドル ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Am in Volcano Avenue..named in the early 1800's by explorer Humbolt..a volcano lined corridor stretching through Equador..cool..and my hotel is great..5 Star..in anticipation of my birthday tomorrow🙂
..birthday
2023年1月17日, エクアドル ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
..so a leisure day..breakfast..cake from the hotel..spa afternoon..sunbathing..fillet mignon for dinner..birthday..done..back to volcanos tomorrow🤭
Chimborazo
2023年1月18日, エクアドル ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes..the summit is the farthest point on the Earth's surface from it's centre..given its location on the planets equatorial bulge..I got toもっと詳しく
..and..to prove it😉
2023年1月18日, エクアドル ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
..here I am..at Edward Whymper refuge..he was the first..in 1880.


















































































































































































旅行者That's the Brian I like - every month on tour - South America....... unbelievable amazing 😎😎😍
旅行者..I did fly 24 times in 2022..Greta will not be happy with me😟