Vor dem Abflug
14. Mai 2015 in Mexiko ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The trip has started, I'm sitting on Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City, waiting for my plane to Bogotá. This is nothing special so far, just an interesting insight on how it worksWeiterlesen
Bogotá - first impressions
14. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Big, loud and loads of traffic - that's what I already expected. Moreover, Bogotá seems rather Industrial and actually (I know, people warned me before), pretty cold. It feels a little like GermanyWeiterlesen
Bogotá - graffiti tour
15. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Yesterday a guy in the hostel told me about a tour he had done. It was all about graffiti in La Candelaria, but they also have you some tips about that part of the city, so me and some other peopleWeiterlesen
Fiesta Colombiana
15. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Obviously we also had to try the Colombian party. We started in a club named Candelario, one of the most famous clubs in La Candelaria. The long queue seemed like hours of waiting, but a little talkWeiterlesen
Cerro de Montserrate
16. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Montserrate is a hill in the heart of Bogotá and simultaneously one of its most important symbols. You can hike up there or take a sort of cable car to reach the 3152m peak with a church and anWeiterlesen
“This is Colombia“
17. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Colombian parties are definitely more intense than the German ones. This one was in the house of Jonas, a guy I knew from my work with ruf, who studies half of his career in Bogotá. He is alreadyWeiterlesen
Zipaquirá
17. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Around one hour northeast of Bogotá, lies the small, colonial village Zipaquirá, which is famous for its salt cathedral. I went today with Lindsay, a Canadian girl from the hostel.
Still reallyWeiterlesen
Extreme Sports Tobia
18. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Another night with few sleep: I had to get up at 5.45 to be on time at the meeting point for my trip to Tobia. In this small village, about 2h north of Bogotá, there are lots of opportunities forWeiterlesen
Neiva
19. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
After a long day on the road I finally arrived in Neiva. In Monterrey I got to know Carlos, a really amazing guy from there, which, as soon as I told him that I was going to his town, invited me toWeiterlesen
Neiva II
20. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
In the morning some friends of Carlos showed me the city. We started at the old train station, stopped at the horse monument, the monument of La Gaitana, had delicious desserts and visited ParqueWeiterlesen
Desierto de la Tatacoa
20. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
I went in the afternoon with Carlos' parents and Lizette, the girlfriend of his brother Camilo to this desert, which is about one and a half hours away from Neiva. The landscapes are just amazing andWeiterlesen
Cali city tour
21. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
And another day of feeding me up: when I arrived in the morning in Cali and in the house of Diana's family and of her husband William, I had some eggs with lots of bread. After only 3 hours, it wasWeiterlesen
Lago Calima
22. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today the motorbike took us to Lago Calima, a usually pretty touristic lake 3h from Cali. Unfortunately I didn't see any tropical animals, even though instead of street signs warning of crossingWeiterlesen
Lost in Cali
23. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
In the morning I went to a salsa class in the city. It was a lot of fun, but also difficult, since it was a really fast type if salsa and the instructor didn't explain a lot.
Afterwards, plans changedWeiterlesen
Pico de paz y amor
24. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Since I had already seen almost everything in the city, today was hiking day. With Robinson, a friend of William, I started at 5 in the morning direction Pance, to hike Pico de paz y amor (= peak ofWeiterlesen
Popayán
25. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
I'm now adopting the Colombian habit of “madrugar“ (= getting up really early) every day, since with all the distances between the places I am visiting I would lose way too much time otherwise, asWeiterlesen
Pasto
26. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Even though it is a 6h-ride, I had to go from Popayán to Pasto by day, since it is one of the 3 routes that are not safe at night, so again I had to get up at 5am to make something out of the day.Weiterlesen
Chilling at Chachagüí
27. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Today was incredibly lazy. I was trying to sleep late, but, since I'm used to getting up really now, I couldn't. The whole day was basically chilling out at the hostel with the few other people (MaxWeiterlesen
Lago de La Cocha
28. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
At this lake, around 1h from Chachgüí, we had a real fun day trying canoe and kayak (while some of the hostel guys almost turned there boat around). Our route took us to Isla Corota, an island inWeiterlesen
Security & Guerilla
28. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
When I decided to go to Mexico and even more when I went to Colombia, everyone told me to take care because of the difficult security situation. However, my experience so far has been really positive,Weiterlesen
Half of the country in one day
29. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
A day of pure travelling: I started in the morning with a flight from Pasto to Bogotá, where I went to fetch some stuff at Daniel's house. From there, I took the transmilenio to the bus station, so IWeiterlesen
Villa de Leyva
30. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Today was reeeeaaaaally relaxed. In the morning I went to a farmer's market in town with Alicia from England. The food was by far not as cheap as we expected, but really good, so we bought fruits andWeiterlesen
El Hoyo de la Romera
31. Mai 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
El Hoyo de la Romera is a huge cave of originally 120m of depth. Right now, tons of rubble let you arrive on solid ground after already 30m.
The legend says that people used to throw unfaithful womenWeiterlesen
Horseback riding
1. Juni 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We had a nice four-hour ride to pozo de la vieja. There is also a story to it, which locals claim is true: from 1910 to 1986, once in a while people would see a woman in that part of the river, whichWeiterlesen
Bike Tour
2. Juni 2015 in Kolumbien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
This time we were a group of five people: Americans, Dutch, English and me, renting bikes to explore the area. Our plan was to go to the blue holes (pozos azules), to the archeological museum ElWeiterlesen








































































































