13.5.6 Exploring waterfalls
18 марта 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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! ItЧитать далее
13.5.7 Comuna 13
20 марта 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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 placesЧитать далее
13.5.8 Pargué Explora
20 марта 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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 марта 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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 allЧитать далее
13.6 El región de café
24 марта 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ ⛅ 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 lotЧитать далее
13.7 A coffee farm tour
25 марта 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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 марта 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ ⛅ 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 optionЧитать далее
13.9.1 Finca La Playa Verde
2 апреля 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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 wantsЧитать далее
ПутешественникA whole bunch of nice companions you‘v got there! Take good care of each other!
13.9.2 Rain season but still hot/warm
2 апреля 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Look at this beautiful wave of clouds rolling in!
13.9.3 The crew
3 апреля 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Introducing: Tomi, Minca, Nacho, Mafalta y Carlotta.
13.9.4 How to work with bamboo
4 апреля 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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,Читать далее
13.9.5 Hitchhiking
12 апреля 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ ⛅ 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.
ПутешественникUnfortunately zero! But we got a huge bag of avocados from the Finca they were grown; about 30 or so, which they otherwise would have thrown away!
13.10.1 Salento
24 апреля 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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 апреля 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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 theyЧитать далее
13.11 Suesca
28 апреля 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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, whichЧитать далее
13.12 Monserrate (Bogotá)
1 мая 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ ⛅ 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. AndЧитать далее
13.13.1 Ranch
7 мая 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ ⛅ 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 weЧитать далее
13.13.2 Ranch life
9 мая 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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 theЧитать далее
13.13.3 Working with animals
10 мая 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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 areЧитать далее
13.13.4 Fiesta del Pueblo Guayabal
11 мая 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌧 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 courseЧитать далее
13.14.1 Desierto de Tatacoa (rojo=red)
17 мая 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ ⛅ 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.
WeЧитать далее
ПутешественникIncredible! I wouldn’t have thought you‘d find even a spot of green there!!
13.14.2 Desierto de Tatacoa (gres, gray)
17 мая 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ 🌫 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 alsoЧитать далее
13.15 San Augustin (Chaquirá)
20 мая 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ ☁️ 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 theirЧитать далее
13.16 Colombia Movie
21 мая 2019 г., Колумбия ⋅ ⛅ 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 overЧитать далее
ПутешественникJust watched it!!! So great to see and watch !!! But: can’t wait to see you back home!
14.1.1 El Tio
24 мая 2019 г., Эквадор ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
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Wasserfällchen 😀
ПутешественникAlways good to have someone along! True life!