The journey is about to start !
3. oktober 2019, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Bogota - Sunny traffic, traffic, traffic
4. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
1st full day in Colombia - fighting the jetlag & exploring the neighborhood of my hotel with lots of walking. Why? Because the traffic here is a big mess, lots of smog, but the weather was comfortablyLæs mere
Getting into the Columbian lifestyle
6. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
More + more settling down in Bogota:
Had yesterday an super interesting free walking tour about recent Columbian history (incl. Pablo, cartels & connections to politics/guerilla) and went out withLæs mere
Bogota offers awesome street art!
6. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Columbian live soccer in Bogota
9. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Enjoyed an live game in Bogota stadium - awesome atmosphere + learned most important Colombian swearwords 😉
Spanish crash course finished!
11. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
After I experienced first hand during my first days in Bogota, how hard it is to get along here without Spanish, I enrolled for a 1 week half day crash course.
Much happier now, beeing at least ableLæs mere
Climbed Montserrate - Bogota's Viewpoint
12. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Reached the top of Montserrate (3.152 m height) today by foot - nice hike for acclimatisation...higher mountains to come 😀!
Best Bogota street art
13. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Saw today the finest pieces of Bogota's street art on an astonishing graffiti tour and drank first time tasty coca tea
Bogota favela (barrio) visit
14. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Had the chance to visit today one of the barrios (poor neighboorhoods with crime issues like a favela) in Bogota together with (former) gang members: Such an impressive & touching experience, seeing &Læs mere
Alemania in Colombia
17. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Friends from Germany came over and we spent a couple of days in Bogota und at the Caribbean coast of Colombia in Cartagena (Miami of Colombia) - 30 degrees beach weather and high air humidity.Læs mere
Jungle trekking to lost city (part 1)
24. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Trekked 4 days in a group to Ciudad Perdida (lost city of Tayrona tribe, which was discovered 1976 deep in the jungle). We stayed overnight in camps in the jungle and walked in total 45 km. GreatLæs mere
Trekking to lost city (part 2)
24. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Here some more impressions about the jungle trekking (unfortunately I am limited to only 6 pics per post 😕)
Trekking to lost city (part 3)
24. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
And here the really last pics of my jungle trip 😉
Relaxation @ Carribean coast
28. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
After my jungle tour (4 days trekking to Lost City Ciudad Perdida --> will write another post as soon as I get my camera pics uploaded) I needed some rest at the beach in Santa Marta & relaxed at theLæs mere
Medellin - city of transition
30. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Medellin impressively turned around it's former image as most dangerous city in the world: They have transformed it into an green city with lots of parks and plantation, having the only working metroLæs mere
Trip to Guatape - Ayers Rock of Colombia
31. oktober 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Rested 2 days @ Guatape - a beautiful small town with a famous huge stone and numerous connected lakes 2h from Medellin. Total peace around there!
Coffee, wax palms & nature
5. november 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Saw the national tree of Colombia: Wax palms (incredibly high palms, which only grow worldwide in the small valley of Cocora near Salento).
Found out all secrets about coffee on a coffee plantationLæs mere
Goodbye Colombia, hello Ecuador
9. november 2019, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Sad & excited at one time:
Colombia, I will miss your nice people, friendliness, fiestas & lulu jugos!
But I am also looking forward on the adventures waiting in Ecuador, especially the highLæs mere
Ups & downs in Ecuador
17. november 2019, Ecuador ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Long time ago I posted my last story in Ecuador and there are reasons:
Firstly, my phone was stolen lately in a crowded public bus in Quito 😠. Bought a replacement now and am available only withLæs mere
Hiking in Cajas National Park
20. november 2019, Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Had an relaxing hike in the National Park near Cuenca: Complete wilderness for myself due to bad weather forecast. Luckily, weather god was a Franconian today 😄!
Cuenca - my city retreat
29. november 2019, Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
I am staying in Cuenca already around 2 weeks and love the architecture, relaxdness of the people and mild climate at 2500m altitude.
Besides I work as volunteer for Hearts of Gold Fundacion andLæs mere
Super happy times in Cuenca
3. december 2019, Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Life is too short for taking it too serious 😉
Volunteering - awesome experience
4. december 2019, Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
I had a great time volunteering @ Hearts of Gold Fundacion in Cuenca (http://heartsofgoldfoundation.org) thanks to the great team and the awesome work these people are doing here for the good ofLæs mere
You filled the heart of children and their families with joy, thank you for your valuable time, you now belong to Hearts of Golds Family!
Adios Ecuador, hola Peru
6. december 2019, Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
It is time to say goodbye to Ecuador: Even though we had some issues at the beginning of our relationship (phone stolen, bad weather), we fixed them and could finally fell into love 😘.
At the end,Læs mere
Mancora - party town without guests
10. december 2019, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Relaxing @ Pacific coast party town Manchora: Though really few people around due to offseason! Still enjoying the sunny weather and white sandy beach 😊
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Congrats & greetings from Toronto airport 😉
Gute Reise und beste Grüße aus Hofheim, die Seiberts :-)