Tunja, Colombia

A long bus ride and I ended up in Tunja. With no more buses going to my destination I had to find a hotel (for cheap) and managed to after a few tries. The next morning to my surprise the hotel staffLue lisää
A long bus ride and I ended up in Tunja. With no more buses going to my destination I had to find a hotel (for cheap) and managed to after a few tries. The next morning to my surprise the hotel staffLue lisää
Not so far from Bogota is a smaller colonial town that is quite popular with tourists. I thought I'd check it out and besides I could camp there for cheap. The large plaza, white houses, and cobbleLue lisää
Bogotá is the capital of Colombia known as being cold and massive it truly lives up to that name. I was lucky enough to have a great Couchsurfer, Jorge, who gave me some good tips and was aLue lisää
Leticia sits on the middle of the Amazon along the river and borders Peru and Brazil. It's not super big but is definitely a town and has some great parks, views of the river, tours to the Amazon andLue lisää
Since Leticia is on the border of Brazil I was able to walk into the small Brazilian town of Tabatinga. I went with a Brazilian friend from my hostel and surprisingly I could understand a bit ofLue lisää
After 2 1/2 days on a boat I arrived in the jungle city of Iquitos. The worlds largest city accessible only by water or air. I was surprised by how big it was and how you really couldn't tell you wereLue lisää
After many days in the Amazon traveling within the jungle and along the river I finally made it to where the road starts. In Yurimaguas I caught a car to Tarapoto where I spent a few days with a greatLue lisää
A lovely colonial town that technically is in the Jungle. It was cold and I nice change of weather from the actual jungle. Besides the lovely town it's close to two great sites. First is Kuelap a hugeLue lisää
A small town with a great museum of over 200 mummies and lots of well preserved artifacts from the Chachapoyas culture that were in tombs located by their sacred lake.
Back to the sierras and the 10 gallon hats! Cajamarca is a larger Sierra town with a plethora of old churches, the room what the Incan emperor was killed , and quite the Guinea pig market. I got to goLue lisää