Parque nacional Tayrona - and my new son

Tayrona national stretches from the carribean all the way up to the highest coastal mountain range in the world, Sierra Nevada.

I stayed in a small hostel run by a local family inside the park. The family had rescued a baby capuchin monkey who immediately decided that I was an excellent spot for sleeping and that pulling my beard was really funny.

The family also had 5 blue and yellow macaws that lived nearby. They are massive birds and loved to break, steal, and bite anything that they could find.

Aside from the wildlife you could take a 2 hour hike to the beach to swim and relax in protected and crystal clear water. Only some beaches were open with most containing protected coral reefs that also created their own dangerous rip currents.

A long post for my last visit to the carribean on this trip and my last time at the coast until Peru. Next stop Medellín.Read more