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    Medellin

    27 januari 2023, Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    After the painfully long journey from manizales to medellin, we found our bougie boutique hotel in an area called Laureles,which was beautiful and leafy. We had an interesting first day ( if u know u know) and thus spent the next day recovering.

    Nonetheless we pushed through and went to the Memory House museum to learn about the history of Medellin which has been fraught with violence. We struggled through the chaotic centre back to the hostel, bumping into a friend from Sheffield... What are the chances?

    We headed back out for a bite to eat and ended up at a salsa bar with live music.

    The following day to Communa 13 for a tour. In recent history this was the most dangerous area of Medellin due to its position in the city for the narco trade, tightly packed housing and low income families. It was a very emotional tour by a woman who had lived in the neighborhood her whole life and had directly been affected by the conflict and violence. The area had been turned around after a horrific and conflicting operation by the military which took out many gang leaders but also killed many civilians. In addition to a huge amount of investment in social support and mobility. Communa 13 is home to the famous outside escalators which connect the steep hillside with no vehicle transport with the rest of the city. The graffiti and break dancers were a highlight. The main take away the tour guide wanted us to share was that Medellin and Colombia are so much more than Narcos and drug trafficking!

    We then hopped on the cable car for a beautiful view across the whole city, looping back down to the metro. The heat was unbearable so we decided to hit up one of Medellins roof top pools. By the time we got there we were very hot and bothered. Only to be met by a popping in all the wrong ways pool party. Lot's of Americans... And we were met with 'for the next half an hour there's a free bar for the ladies' we swiftly excited.

    After some sweaty enquiries else where we finally found a pool to suit us just as the sun set. We had a lovely time nonetheless and splashed around to our hearts content.

    We finally headed for dinner with Conner, our friend we had bumped into the day before.

    Our time in Medellin was interesting and we were excited to get back to the country side.    Läs mer

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    Teeny tiny bunny at the hostelGorgeous dog called cielo who constantly wanted cuddlesOops we have too much stuff1

    A random day in Manizales

    25 januari 2023, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    Laura: We got up and had a gorgeous breakfast provided by the hostel. we weren't sure what to do so we went for a wander in the local area. Jesse and I bought really gross ice creams from an old man who was so sweet and very grateful for our purchase. He held my hand earnestly as he gave me the change. We then jumped on a bus (transport of the day) and attempted to find some lunch. We stumbled across a restaurant in someone's garage and ordered some aluermezo (lunch) - soup, rice beans salad and some chicken. I ate as much chicken as I could stomach. It was super tasty though! Just not used to the 🐔

    Next up, we walked down the hill to the eco parque. With not a soul in sight,we went for a wander down the unkept paths. Soon enough we came across a snake. The second snake of our trip so far. Almost every walk we've been on, we've seen a snake. We had to run away and back track down the path we came. It took some time for Jesse's legs to stop shaking.

    (Jesse): Thinking that was the end of our day, we headed back to the hostel via the shop with the old man who sang a lovely song whilst we had a cold drink. Alas, we were so hot we needed to find somewhere for a dip. Back out we trogged to the bus into the centre of Manizales... Nothing to write home about. On to another bus and out to PNN Los Nevados, a beautiful national park, just past the cities recycling plant... Despite how it sounds it's gorgeous. We wandered up a dirt track and dip in the river, having a wee tinny, we are British after all. We then headed to the Termales, where we bathed in sulphuric water, to our hearts content. Much nicer than the previous ones!

    We skooted back by bus, ending the trip with our 6th of the day. Such a cool city, with 8 microclimates reminiscent of Sheffield, so close to the national park.    Läs mer

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    Termales!

    23 januari 2023, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    We have spent a couple nights in Santa Rosa de cabal in order to go to the hot springs that the area is known for. When we arrived here it was super busy with people spilling out from every possible doorway.it was pretty overwhelming having arrived from a peaceful finca in the countryside to now in the middle of a small city, pollution very noticeable.

    Jesse really wanted a coca cola and I offered to go get one,but it was pretty intense out there so we headed out together to round the corner,passing many different bars with people playing pool and everyone out and about. January is the Colombian summer holiday so it's pretty busy at the moment.

    The hostal we were staying in (like a guesthouse) had a little dog called pumba, who was the most scared dog I've ever met. Very nervous boy.

    I made us some gross buttery pasta (trying to recreate a Meera sodha recipe with only half the ingredients), sorry Jesse.

    We had many lovely interactions with locals. On the way to the thermales, we met a man called Jackson who sells coffee products and plants, he wanted to open a business with us where we would sell his products in the UK. He gave us some gorgeous coffee nougat! He asked if we were together and reassured us it's fine in Colombia,it's normal . We tested this out at the thermales later, but got a lot of stares!! It might just be that we were also the only gringos there.

    The termales were interesting. We caught a bus up to the site and got flustered at the reception when the lady asked us for our passports and we didn't have them. Luckily we had a pic of them so that was enough. We were hungry so ordered a veggie hamburger and then went into the pretty murky waters of the termales. There's 4 pools and a waterfall, it felt like going into a big bath with lots of people. It was hot and sunny ,so it felt weird sitting in a hot pool. There were loads of Colombian families there who were enjoying themselves.

    We had a good few hours there then decided to come back down to Santa Rosa. The buses here are very relaxed, often half an hour late. There's lots of waiting around but it's part of the relaxed culture I think.

    We popped into the veggie shop on the way back and got very confused about prices; we thought the lady said 70,000 and we only had 60,000 on us. We were confused and unsure and then the lovely lady said it was 7,000 not 70,000. Oopsie. ( For context around 5,500 is £1)

    We had a better dinner that night, with guacamole and arepas. Arepas are a maize and pancake-esque. Nom.    Läs mer

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    Tukawa

    21 januari 2023, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    We've been chilling at a hostel near filandia which is on a coffee farm. It's a beautiful place, really chilled out and has a pool and lovely food.

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    Cocora

    17 januari 2023, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 21 °C

    We went on a hike in the cocora valley. We got a jeep there and Laura had to stand on the back which was thrilling. It was a big long muddy walk and we climbed the same height as Snowdon! We went to the hummingbird sanctuary which was so so lovely. We got to the top and a thunderstorm started. We stumbled upon a cafe where a man was playing pan pipes and had a coca cola. Then we jumped on the back of another jeep,this time both of us on the back. It was uphill and long. We went to a Venezuelan cafe which was lovely and the waitress was so nice. they had a pride flag and we had a lovely chat about Venezuela, equality and ate delish Venezuelan food. We then scooted home back to the hostel and another thunderstorm set in so we watched encanto amidst some power cuts!Läs mer

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    #diginomads, bad pizza and Tejo

    16 januari 2023, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Our time in Salento started off a bit rocky as we were awoken at 5am by someone in the hostel screaming. Jesse went out to see what was going on and this girl was having some sort of psychotic episode / having a bad time on San pedro. We decided to get up and out as it wasn't very nice to hear. Turns out nothing is open at 7am in Salento, so we wandered around until a cafe would let us in. We then spent the morning pretending to be digital nomads as Jesse had a job application to do.

    Jesse had their worst meal so far, a veggie pizza that tasted of literally nothing.

    We went for an explore around Salento, with it's beautiful coloured houses and miradors. In the evening we played our first game of Tejo, the Colombian game that involves throwing a lump of metal at some gunpowder.    Läs mer

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    Day travel to salento

    15 januari 2023, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Big day of travelling today. From Bogota to Armenia,to Salento. The views were incredible on the bus to Armenia and we were impressed by the infrastructure. Not so impressed by the annoying traveller chat going on behind usLäs mer

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    Art art art

    14 januari 2023, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    We went on the Bogota graffiti tour in the morning. It was amazing learning about all the symbolism in the art and the ways in which graffiti is used as a means of political expression.

    We had the best lunch at a restaurant recommendes to us by a barista. it was amazing.

    In the afternoon we went back to MAMU and looked at the rest of the mapa teatro exhibition    Läs mer

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