Tag Archives: travel

colombia :: medellin

medellin. the last stop.

favorites::
1- our hostal and all the great people we met in it
2- going to an underground salsa bar. the kind of place that has no sign on the door, and you would think was just a random abandoned building…until you go inside and suprise….salsa bar!
3- people from medellin officially have the prettiest...

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colombia :: taganga

favorites::
1- everything
2- the old wooden boats that completely cover the ocean
3- how it’s a beatiful beach…surrounded by even more beautiful mountains
4- the little old man with twinkly eyes who sold me my bracelets and when i told him i was colombian he gave me the biggest hug and said “welcome to your country”
5- sunset.
6- scuba diving for...

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colombia:: santa marta

favorites::
1- being told the we would have to hike the last bit up the mountain to Minca…”should only take about 10 minutes” says the bus driver. Or almost 2 hours.
2- that same hike, bus driver leaves. enter huge rainstorm. not a sprinkle….not just rain…but hard pounding storm. no cell phones. and we aren’t supposed to be...

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colombia:: barranquilla + el rodadero

favorites::
1- getting a full tour of the city of baranquilla with my cousin and her crazy driving, all while praying the car didn’t die on us in the middle of an intersection.
2- spending the day with the entire beach to ourselves, and just talking on the mattress huts and taking silly pictures
3- the amazing discovery...

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colombia:: la boquilla + cartagena

this is the first of a series of posts from colombia. there were too many places we stayed that i had to break it up. so first… we start with cartagena + la boquilla
favorites:
1- watching all the locals dance champata, gettin all down and dirty
2- walking through  cartagena at night, all twinkly lights and magical
3-...

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