26. Colombia - Mompox
19 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Mompox is a tiny town along the Magdalena River where we stayed one night, mostly because it was on the route to our eventual destination (Ecuador), and we had to stop somewhere. The town is known for Czytaj więcej
27. Bucaramanga to Medellin
21 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ 🌧 66 °F
We left Mompox (which took us about 9 hours to get to), for another 8 hour drive to Bucaramanga, which, although a fairly large city, was once again just a stepping stone for us.
The interesting Czytaj więcej
28. Colombia - Medellin
22 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ 🌧 63 °F
Medellin, at almost 5000 feet above sea level, is know as the City of Eternal Spring for its temperate weather, though it was pretty hot while we were there. It is the 2nd largest city in Colombia Czytaj więcej
29. Colombia - Medellin 2
22 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
A few more pix. This travel app limits # of pix per post
30. Colombia - Bogota
23 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
The capital of Colombia is a sprawling city of 8 million+, and is predictably the political and economic hub of the country. It was built "out" instead of "up", with a resulting unimpressive skyline. Czytaj więcej
31. Colombia - Bogota - Museo del Oro
24 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Museo del Oro is supposed to be the best gold museum in the world. I thought it would be about gold as a source of wealth, but it was more about gold as a raw material for creating objects.
There Czytaj więcej
32. Colombia - La Plata
25 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
On the way to the Ecuador border...
33. Colombia - The Andes
26 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
This was the 4th day out of the last 6 that we would be in the car for 6-9 hours, and I was starting to get a little cranky. But Colombia is a big country, we knew this, and you've got to drive Czytaj więcej
34. Colombia - The Andes 2
26 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
More pix
35. Colombia - The Andes 3
28 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
36. Border Crossing - BORDER CLOSED
29 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
We arrived in the Colombia border town of Ipiales last night. We planned to tour the town today (Sunday), and hit the border crossing to Ecuador, 5 miles away, first thing tomorrow.
We have since Czytaj więcej
37. Colombia - Ipiales
29 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Ipiales has 2 claims to fame: it is the last town before the most popular border crossing into Ecuador, and it is the home of Santorio Nuestra Senora de Las Lajas – Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Czytaj więcej
38. Trampolin de la Muerte
30 września 2019, Kolumbia ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
Well, our Frenchman friend took off from Ipiales to San Miguel (the other border crossing, 10 hours away) a day before us. Based on his feedback, we decided to leave Ipiales and follow in his Czytaj więcej
39. Border Crossing - Colombia 2 Ecuador
1 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Success! We reached the border crossing Tuesday, and found it to be the easiest, most organized border crossing yet. Everything in one building (including exporting the car from Colombia & importing Czytaj więcej
40. Ecuador - Amazon - Kichwa Tribe
3 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ 🌧 70 °F
The Amazon Rainforest is over 2 million square miles stretched out over 9 countries. Since we crossed the border much closer to the Amazon than in our original plan, we decided to grab a tour now.
We Czytaj więcej
41. Amazon - Kichwa Tribe 2
3 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
After the education, we played some games, ate lunch, and said goodbye to our new friends.
42. Amazon - The Jungle
3 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
After our Kichwa visit, we took our boat to the jungle entrance. We walked along some very sketchy boardwalk planks to a canoe, and paddled through the jungle waters from there. We did see some Czytaj więcej
43. Ecuador - Heading to Quito
5 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Our jungle trip out of Coca was interrupted by a phone call to our guide alerting him to political unrest in the country and the blockades of roads. When we arrived back to Coca, we found we were Czytaj więcej
44. Ecuador - Quito's Old Town
6 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
Quito's Old Town (Centro Historico) is much like the other historical towns we've seen before, with beautiful architecture, many stunning churches, charming plazas/parks, street artists and Czytaj więcej
45. Ecuador-Quito - Rucu Pichincha Hike
6 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Because of the political unrest in Quito, we considered fleeing to the coast, but were told that the roads were already blocked (see post 46). So we decided to stick with our itinerary and head up to Czytaj więcej
46. Ecuador - Quito - Political Unrest
6 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ 🌧 54 °F
The road blockades that had delayed us leaving Coca for Quito had been just the beginning of a nationwise protest that had picked up momentum over the last few days.
Earlier in the month, the Gov't Czytaj więcej
47. Ecuador-Quito - Riots Continue
10 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F
We remain stuck in Quito as violent protests and extensive roadblocks continue. Full description from the NYT:
Seven Days of Unrest and Counting: Thousands Stream Into Ecuador’s Capital
QUITO, Czytaj więcej
48. We made a run for it!
11 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Cooped up in our room in Quito for much of the day Tues-Thurs, we spotted an opportunity to escape on Friday after carefully monitoring the news and communicating with other travellers stuck in Quito Czytaj więcej
49. Galapagos 1 - San Cristobal
15 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
The Galapagos archipelago is a National Park that is comprised of 13 volcanic islands and 16 islets located 600+ miles west of mainland Ecuador. Only 4 of the islands are inhabited (by people), with a Czytaj więcej
50. Galapagos 2 - Sea Lions
15 października 2019, Ekwador ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
There are about 25,000 sea lions in Galapagos, the largest of which can grow to over 8 feet. They can live to be 20 years old. Unlike many other species, the biggest threat to them is not humans, but Czytaj więcej
















































































































































































































































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I’m green with envy. Looks very relaxing and laid back.