Bogotá
21–24 Jan 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
I had to kill a few days on my own before Laura, Maarten & Laura arrived, but there are worse places to do so. Bogotá has a bad reputation but is colourful, dynamic, authentic and surrounded byBaca lagi
Salento
24–28 Jan 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This colorful colonial town in the Zona Cafetera was the perfect reason to start drinking coffee ☕. We hiked the Coffee Route and learned a lot during an interesting tour at one of the many coffeeBaca lagi
Medellín
29 Jan–1 Feb 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We visited busy La Candelería, drank cocktails in El Poblado and strolled around in Laureles, but were not impressed. The city and its many districts are hard to get a grip on. On a day trip toBaca lagi
Tintipan
2–4 Feb 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
You're obliged to relax on this island: you pick a hostel, get dropped off by a boat and can't leave the premises (which are surrounded by mangroves) unless you book a tour or are checking out. SoBaca lagi
Rincón del Mar
4–6 Feb 2024, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
A short boat trip took us from Tintipan Island to this little paradise on the Colombian coast 🌴.
Apart from enjoying a beautiful sunset and spotting cool animals in the mangrove (sloths, aBaca lagi
Cartagena
6–8 Feb 2024, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
There's not much to do in Colombia's most touristy and expensive city so we only stayed around for two days. However, it can't be denied that it's a beautiful place! There's color everywhere; be it onBaca lagi
Minca
8–12 Feb 2024, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
This cute town is nestled in the foothills of the beautiful Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. We ignored the heat and the sandflies and explored the numerous hiking trails in the mountains whileBaca lagi
Palomino
12–16 Feb 2024, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We hiked through the jungle on our own, up to an indigenous Kogi village. These people don't interact with the outside world, so we kept our distance (but ended up playing with some kids in theBaca lagi
Camarones
16–17 Feb 2024, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
The coastal town of Camarones (= 🦐) lies one hour north of Palomino, but couldn't be more different. We were virtually the only tourists and there was not much to do but (trying to) escape theBaca lagi
Cabo de la Vela
17–20 Feb 2024, Colombia ⋅ 🌬 30 °C
It wasn't easy to get to this remote desert village on Colombia’s northern tip, but it was worth it. We experienced what life must be like for the indigenous Wayuu that live here; we slept inBaca lagi
Back in Palomino
20–26 Feb 2024, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After visiting some locations with less facilities (vegan food, electricity, internet and drinking water were hard to come by), we decided to go back to a familiar and comfortable environment. WeBaca lagi
Guachaca
26–29 Feb 2024, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
We stayed in a cheap room in Guachaca on the busy Ruta Nacional that runs along the Caribbean coast. It was the perfect base for our new favorite activity: exploring fancy hotels! First day: CosteñoBaca lagi
Tayrona NP
29 Feb–2 Mac 2024, Colombia ⋅ 🌬 31 °C
This national park is one of the most visited places in Colombia and our last stop on the Carribbean Coast.
We tried to evade the day trippers going to the overcrowded Playa Cabo de San Juan byBaca lagi
San Gil
3–8 Mac 2024, Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Name any adventure sport and there's probably some travel agency in San Gil offering it. All of them are reasonably priced too, so we went wild!
We went paragliding 🪂 and caving and Miel alsoBaca lagi
Villa de Leyva
8–13 Mac 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Villa de Leyva is known as one of the most beautiful and well-preserved colonial towns in Colombia. As we were quite impressed with the colonial architecture, the pretty cobblestone streets, the hugeBaca lagi
Tatacoa Desert
13–16 Mac 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
As usual, we were too stubborn to use the convenient tourist tours and decided to explore Tatacoa (which is actually not a desert but a dry tropical forest) on our own 🌵. The 'desert' consists ofBaca lagi
San Augustín
16–20 Mac 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
The Andes town of San Augustín is surrounded by steep river canyons and archaeological sites that contain prehispanic carved volcanic stone figures 🗿. It's also in this region that the mightyBaca lagi
Popayán
20–22 Mac 2024, Colombia ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Maybe it was the rain, or the fact that the Puracé Volcano was closed due to elevated seismic activity, but 'The White City' didn't appeal to us that much. The typical food on the other hand ... 🤤
Ipiales
22 Mac 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Another long (but very scenic) bus ride brought us to this ugly border town. We had just enough time left to hop in a shared taxi and visit the popular cathedral Las Lajas. Despite having ignored theBaca lagi
Colombia
23 Mac 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
20 typical pictures of our two months in Colombia!
Quito
23–29 Mac 2024, Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
We ended up staying longer than expected because we needed to slow down a bit after all those Colombian buses. Our week in Quito provided the structure we've missed for a while now. Even the weatherBaca lagi
Cuyabeno
29 Mac–2 Apr 2024, Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
The Ecuadorian Amazon is only reachable by organized tours but our 4-day trip to Cuyabeno Reserve was worth every penny! We went looking for animals by boat or on foot, during the day or during theBaca lagi
Galapagos - Isla Santa Cruz 🐢
3–7 Apr 2024, Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Being so close, knowing the already steep entrance fee is going to double this August and realizing the amount of tourists in Ecuador is lower than usual due to the current crisis, made the GalapagosBaca lagi
Galapagos - Isla Isabela 🐧
6–13 Apr 2024, Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Isabela is the largest and one of the youngest of the Galapagos islands. Being here felt like being in a Planet Earth episode. We were greeted by penguins & sea lions upon our arrival and had a viewBaca lagi
Galapagos - Isla San Cristóbal 🦭
16–23 Apr 2024, Ecuador ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
San Cristobal's colony of Galapagos sea lions is the largest in the archipelago and they are our new favourite animals. They are so playful and we often found ourselves surrounded by them whileBaca lagi
















































































































































































































































































































































































