On this trip so far Medellin is the city that has surprised me the most. Most people who hear about Colombia you usually think about: murder, kidnapping, cocaine, the FARCs and all kind of negative ideas. I somewhat used to have the same idea before coming here and I thought that I was pretty brave to travel to this country and even more courageous to go the Medellin...
Day 1. The Amazonian adventure began months ago when we dedicated many hours into finding the ultimate Amazonian adventure possible. It is easy to get screwed over by all the offers out there. Most of them are too expensive for what they are really worth or they simply aren’t really into the Amazonian forest; they are a small patch of forest very close to the city...
Banos (Ecuador) is THE PLACE to experiment several extreme sports in pristine nature at a very low price. My friends and I really intended to try as much activities as possible during the week; so we started walking around the multiple tourist agencies and bargaining for some good prices. We got several good price but there is more than just saving money: what really...
Bogota has temperatures in the low 20’s Celsius walking is very tolerable and the city is in high altitude so it is usually cloudy. Sometimes while walking a small fog will surround you accompanied by delicate raindrops that are refreshing. That fog is in fact the inside of the cloud coming down from Montserrat. So temperature wise: perfect. On Sunday almost...