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Monteria
Travel Blogs from Monteria, Colombia
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Colombia, early days
After 3 weeks of running about in chaos the apartment is here, gas bottle for cooking installed & ,this morning, internet, i.e a 20 metre cable from the house down stairs, (but still need 5 metres more so I can move around the place.).Mission, but ...
There´s nothing quite like mud glorious mud
Took a quick day trip detour to a cute little town with one major attraction: a mud volcano. This little beauty was a living, breathing crater with bubbling mud in it that you could swim in. It was absolutely brilliant, we were there for hours. There´s ...
Its beginning to really heat up
So the three of us arrive on the north coast, after a night sitting on a bus with super efficient aqir conditioning. It was absolutely freezing, so had to try and sleep shivering under a hoody. Then i was almost very feint once i stepped off the bus into ...
a 3 million year old mudbath in Arboletes
Arboletes means 'land of trees', however most of the area's trees have been cleared in order to make way for cattle, which is the major industry in the region (covering 90% of the land). Apart from cows and sheep, however, Arboletes also has a lot of ...
Barranquilla Carnaval
Barranquilla Festival, Monday 19th. It is getting towards the end of the Festival and many of our traveling friends are moving onto Tabatanga near Santa Marta. It's a trendy tropical carribean beach that attracts backpackers. This morning we went to the ...
Loved it
... know the history of Medellin, so I wont even go into all of that. I will say Medellin is one of the best cities in Colombia. I had a great time. I stayed at the Wandering Paisa Hostel. It was a new hostel that just opened a couple of weeks ago. They are ...
mining, teaching & learning, oh my!
... we switched to a mini van that fits 9 people, luggage on top again, and with a bunch of strangers, all 9 of us headed to Monteria. We arrive about 5 hours later. whew! But we were excited to be there and ended the day cooling off on a open bus tour ...
Mud volcano and Coveñas
What a great weekend in Monteria! Went to the mud volcano on Saturday. Weirdest feeling ever! Much like I assume being put into a bucket of cement would feel like! A lot of comedy moments were had, not least when I tried to get out and ...
Monteria and the Cows
... many questions about our culture and their studies. Tonight we had a joint meeting with both of the Rotary groups here in Monteria and gave our presentation, which was very appreaciated. The people here in Monteria are so very nice, I think it ...
Tanqueada en Monteria y non-stop hasta Coveñas
Monteria es una ciudad casi costeña en donde la raza blanca predomina. Interesantibiri ...
Ciudad Perdida and the Marauding Mosquitoes
... , up a winding mountain track. In Britain it would be banned and flashing neon would warn of immanent death, but in Colombia the teenage kids played Evil Knievel over the chasms on mopeds. This road had bigger cracks than San Andreas and you ...
Rockin' it in Cordoba
... Monteria for the weekend to visit Steve another BC assistant. After a VERY (before 5am) early start on the bus we arrived in Monteria after just 6 hours, which is pretty good going. Monteria is a small town in the middle of the Cordoba department - it's ...
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