13.5.6 Exploring waterfalls
18. mars 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Luckily I met a a Colombian guy on my way, as the rout turned out to be very challenging! Hike through or in a river, jumping from stone to stone! Climbing waterfalls and pulling roots of trees! ItLes mer
13.5.7 Comuna 13
20. mars 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
The city of Medellín is organised in so called Comunas. Cumulative 13 has a special roll or place in Medellín, as it is home to many street art pieces, although their creators come from all placesLes mer
13.5.8 Pargué Explora
20. mars 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
This is with good lead the most interactive science museum I have been to. Amazing! And look what you can do there!!!
13.5.9 El Castillo Museo y Jardines
22. mars 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
I visited also El Castillo en Medellín, which was a little bit disappointing, although it is very well preserved and managed. Most interestingly, they have a large collection of racing bikes from allLes mer
13.6 El región de café
24. mars 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Another long bus ride into the coffee “pocket” of Columbia. Look at the satellite picture and you know why it’s a pocket.
It is rain season from February to the end of April and so it is a lotLes mer
13.7 A coffee farm tour
25. mars 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Of course I had to do a tour through one of the countless plantations. This happened to be a good one, by the way.
We could actually do all the process steps on our own, including drinking it.
13.8 Lost in the hills
26. mars 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Here, I did a tour to a waterfall, which turned out to be a a hike to a river, which developed into a mountain/hill hiking, which extended into a river hike, leading to a dead end, opening a optionLes mer
13.9.1 Finca La Playa Verde
2. april 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
So, until the April 20th I will be working on this organic farm. We have a cat here, four dogs, three chicken, five to seven colibri, other birds, three humans, 1729 mosquitos, other stuff that wantsLes mer
13.9.2 Rain season but still hot/warm
2. april 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Look at this beautiful wave of clouds rolling in!
13.9.3 The crew
3. april 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Introducing: Tomi, Minca, Nacho, Mafalta y Carlotta.
13.9.4 How to work with bamboo
4. april 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Not so easy, as one might think. Bamboo has quite big spikes on its branches and the older ones have a bark that puts splinters in your skin if you are not careful.
Also it can be very very adamant,Les mer
13.9.5 Hitchhiking
12. april 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Hitchhiking is a very useful way of making a distance in Columbia; especially for smaller inter-town rides. So here we took a avocado tuck to the town of Filandia and had a coffee.
13.10.1 Salento
24. april 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Before heading to Bogotá, I had a short stay in Salento, which is much more touristic.
But more importantly, it is near Valle de Cocora!
13.10.2 Valle de Cocora
25. april 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
A must see and also included in all documentaries about Colombia, the palm tree forest. Here, you find palms that move about 5-10 cm (~3”) per year. It is assumed that that’s the reason why theyLes mer
13.11 Suesca
28. april 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
We visited this little town (pueblo) named Suesca. It is famous for its “cliffs” where many many people climb every day. There is also this railroad track, which is still used by the way, whichLes mer
13.12 Monserrate (Bogotá)
1. mai 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A very nice (and gratis) hike up to Monserrate, a church, viewpoint, cellular antenna station and thus a tourist magnet; Well, rather less because of the last aspect.
Anyway I enjoyed it a lot. AndLes mer
13.13.1 Ranch
7. mai 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Change of plans! Actually we wanted to go south, however we found a ranch of Swiss lady how married a Colombian guy and his father “needs” (is happy to have) help with th pe ranch/finca.
So weLes mer
13.13.2 Ranch life
9. mai 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Working on the ranch includes feeding the animals, mostly horses, cutting their food, collecting eggs and cleaning the stables.
The work is not that hard though. The most exhausting thing is theLes mer
13.13.3 Working with animals
10. mai 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
I somehow have a fable for working with animals. Especially these amazing dogs. And most of all Arco, who can look a 10 year old right into the face, because he is so tall. But nonetheless, they areLes mer
13.13.4 Fiesta del Pueblo Guayabal
11. mai 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Luckily, we were in Guayabal at the roofer moment, because we were able to attend the yearly donation collection party, where each family donates money for the upcoming festival in Juli.
Of courseLes mer
13.14.1 Desierto de Tatacoa (rojo=red)
17. mai 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
On my way to Ecuador I really wanted to stop at the Desert of Tatacoa, which is just such an amazing place. We spend two nights there which gave us a full day to explore this super hot desert.
WeLes mer
13.14.2 Desierto de Tatacoa (gres, gray)
17. mai 2019, Colombia ⋅ 🌫 34 °C
After a very hot and exhausting, but beautiful, walk through the desert, we finally arrived at the grey desert. Also shaped by canyons, but deeper and also different in a way.
For 8.000 pesos I alsoLes mer
13.15 San Augustin (Chaquirá)
20. mai 2019, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
My last stop in Colombia was San Augustin, famous for its indigenous engravings and statues. Several hundred years ago, these tribes lived in this region and went all over the place with theirLes mer
13.16 Colombia Movie
21. mai 2019, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
After almost three months here I got so much footage that I stated producing the Colombia movie already during my stay there. Yesterday night I was able to finish it and it is now available after overLes mer
14.1.1 El Tio
24. mai 2019, Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Living with a Quechuan family on the farm. Including a guinea-pig “rearing”, chickens, two cats, seven dogs, 1729 mosquitoes and several spiders to eat the mosquitoes; And of course theLes mer
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Wasserfällchen 😀
ReisendeAlways good to have someone along! True life!