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San Gil
Travel Blogs from San Gil, Colombia
San Gil, Barichara and Guane.
This is a top pick! Roadtrip from Tayrona to San Gil via El Playon, Bucaramanga and Chicamocha ...
Back to the Future
This is a top pick! ... of Colombia's colonial heritage gradually grew on us, and by the time we had explored the historical centres of Barichara, Guane, and San Gil, we were totally immersed in the past. Even the countryside south of Girón would appear to belong to another ...
Colombia's Outdoor Adventure Capital
This is a top pick! ... her fascination turned to mens' hats...large hats, just like the large chickens moments earlier. San Gil has a reputation for outdoor adventure here in Colombia. Rafting, kayaking,, parasailing, hiking, swimming, whatever, it's ...
Chilling in San Gil
... land and enjoying the hot climate.... hang on, that last comment is nothing like England!! We stop somewhere around 9am it's not San Gil so I pop into the bus station and grab some empenadas, couple of pollo ones! Another two hours later I've ...
Relaxing
This is a top pick! After another overnight bus ride, we arrived in the small town of San Gil, Colombia. Although San Gil is earning a reputation fas an adventure city, our main activity here seems to be relaxing. On our first day in San Gil, we started the ...
Outdoor adventures and an 8$ hotel
... for my fun afternoon rafting trip (12$!) in a river filled with snakes and surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery, some lady took me on a tour of San Gil's pride and joy, a fancy park on an island beside the city....and had lots to say about ...
San Gil - Fiesta
... objects. Probably some old rugby injury me thinks. We end the night at about 3am and grab some food on the way home. Its a good night and San Gil is loads of fun because of the group of 15 or so gringos that have there little community. ...
Wasserfallklettern und Höhlenabenteuer
... Wandern. Eines schönen Sonntag Morgens bin ich mal wieder mit Anita losgezogen. Diesmal sollte es allerdings bis zum Flughafen von San Gil gehen, der zwar nicht in Betrieb ist, weil keine geteerte Strasse hinführt; trotzdem oder gerade deshalb ist der ...
San Gil - Hydrospeeding
... be rafting the same river with us. The river we´re on is called the river Fonce and is the smaller river here in San Gil. The other river is grade 5 rapids and pretty full on so I decided to opt for Hydrospeeding rather than rafting that. ...
Besuch von Kati und Alex
... Ich hatte ja mittlerweile zahlreiche Kontakte, die alle irgendwen kennen, der bei irgendeinem der vielen Touranbieter arbeitet. Dummerweise ist San Gil in der Osterwoche voller Touristen und so war irgendwie jeder beschäftigt. Bis zum Wasserfall sind wir ...
The adventure capital of Colombia
... the mud baths and sat on the bus having no way of clearing it, it got a little infected. San Gil is where the adventure sports take place in Colombia, there are still not many gringos that come here but its very popular with Colombians. Being bank ...
Abschied aus San Gil
... . Den gabs dann an der Uni, im Theater, bei Anita zuhause, meinen Vermietern, meinen Deutschschülern, kurzum, ich habe halb San Gil mit Apfelkuchen für eine Woche versorgt... Natürlich gabs auch noch eine Verabschiedung von der Uni, mit leckeren ...
White-water kayaking is easy, right?
... in these mountainous parts would be long and slow but we were still unprepared for the long journey to our next destination, San Gil in Colombia, that involved more than 36 hours, 1 coach, a taxi across the border, two Colombian minibuses and many hours ...
More rapids and death defying acts
... watch the drama!!! (Looking at boat head on...Eoin front left, Aidan middle left!) Having travelled separately from Cartagena to San Gil, we both arrived safely but had rather different travelling experiences. Eoin was quizzed by a local girl why we ...
My favorite place in Colombia- photos
I am in love with the Santander area of Colombia- the hiking is fantastic, the weather couldn't be better, the town is small, the fruit and veggie market is perhaps one of the best I have been to in South America, the people are fantastic etc., etc. I ...
Class V!!!
Went whitewater rafting on Rio Surez today- Class V!!! What a riot. We ALL fell in on the last rapid. Crazy, crazy! I am still having a blast here in San Gil! The adventures keep ...
My midlife crisis- aka celebrating my 36th Bday!
... dream that the owners came home and brought me a blanket. I am not that cold anymore but there is certainly no blanket. J but the rain has stopped and that is good. 7:22am Guess where I am? I am back in San Gil! Hot shower here I come... ...
San Gil - Paintballing
After a bit of a late one last night we have a pretty cruisy day. I spend a bit of time learning some spanish verbs and a few words during what is a chilled out morning. In the afternoon a group of 9 of us from the hostel head out to do some ...
cafe de colombia
evo, pa smo tam... V mestecu San gil priblizno 4 ure severno od Ville de Leyve. Mestece ima 42 tisoc prebivalcev in za svojo spokojno in umirjeno masko skrtiva pravi adrenaliski raj. V okolici namrec lahko organizirano naredis skoraj vse adrenalinske ...
San Gil: Adventure Sports Capital of S. America
July 4-6, 2009: San Gil, Colombia Reflections on Central Colombia Mary and I left Villa de Leyva on a microbus to Tunja, along the main road from Bogota-Bucaramanga. While we waited for our four-hour minibus north to San Gil, I argued with the ...
Praktikum - Klappe die Erste!
... mit der Zeit :) Ich arbeite im Moment in einem Büro, das sich im neuen Sitz der Uni, etwa zwei Kilometer ausserhalb von San Gil, befindet. Es ist eigentlich Silvias Büro, aber die ist den ganzen März über in Deutschland und in der Schweiz, also ...
Paragliding, paddling and relaxing in the park
... up for white water rafting the next day. We enjoyed it so much the last time and we were told the rapids are bigger and better in San Gil. In the evening we sat in the main square which is basically a park that every one seems to hang out in. There was a ...
San Gil
Went eastwards towards the hills of San Gil next. Nice little town whee everyone pours into the town square at night to eat meat on a stick, drink cervezas, listen to some music and hang out. Nice evenings. A river runs through town as well and all the ...
Celebration
Today I am celebrating... it isn't a holiday, there are no fiestas, and it is not anyone's birthday here (that I know of). I am simply celebrating life. I am celebrating my travels. I am celebrating my good fortune along this journey. I am celebrating ...
Well... it didn't taste like chicken!!!
Tonight I tried the region's specialty... an annual delight that I was so lucky to come across... even though it is a few months past its normal peak. Hormiga culona is the name. No... it isn't a seasonal fruit... or a type of egg- ...
Cuevo del Indio
... things in my life- but visiting the Cuevo del Indio was one of the most surprisingly thrilling adventures ever. 30 minutes from San Gil is a small town, Charala where this cave is located. Most of the gear was normal caving equipment- the helmet, the ...
San Gil & Barichara Pit Stop
... Cocuy National Park before I meet up with Maya in Bogota, my first stop on my way south from Santa Marta and Ciudad Perdida is San Gil. Being pressed for time I was forced to give up three places of very high interest to me; that being the La Guajira ...
San Gil - Waterfall Abseiling
... ). After finally having a decent meal we then all head to the square to have a few drinks out in the open. The weather in San Gil is warm and humid so sitting outside at night is nice and pleasant. A few of the guys have rafting the next day ...