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LLao llao llao, la la and Carlos! 16 hour journey.
... with Aishling on skype. 1.5 hour flight to Bogota, Empinades for lunch again! In Bogota cab to our Tuesaqilla Boutigue Hotel (staying there on Saturday) to re pack bags for trekking. Cab to Bus terminal, fight with cabbie re fare. Bus ticket from Flota de la Macarena for 3.5 hour journey to Villavicenscio. crazy bus ride! Driver mad, suicidal crazy down mountainside. We have seen some overtaking in our travels but this was crazy. Arrived at 2100hrs and got ...
To live the life of a Colombian cowboy
Villavicencio is the cattle capital of Colombia. When you are eating a steak in Bogota, Cartagena, Medellin or Cali, it's quite sure you are eating beef of the Llanos Orientales.
During the public holidays of Colombia Bogota empties, roads going up to Bogota are closed and the inhabitants of the capital go in huge quantities to the hot climate of the Llanos, 3 to 4 lanes wide (which can be quite adventurous!). If you plan to go to Villavicencio at a 'puente' be sure you ...
LLANOS ORIENTALES - PART 2
RIO HUMADEA, GUAMAL - META We travel back from Puerto Gaitan to Villavicencio and from there we took another bus to our destination Rio Humadea; this river is totally different then the rivers in Puerto Gaitan (Manacacias river and Yucao river), the round colorful rocks, the beautiful clear water and the little fish swimming in this warm water are so special. The level of the river is low at this time of the year, walking between the rocks is fun with tennis ...
Villavicencio
... its not so well known and why its not so touristy. Firstly it pretty hard to get too and its not advertised at all. OK too get too it , we would have to get a bus for 4hours and a boat for a further 4hours but the problem was they don't like Gringo,s . We would be traveling through dangerous parts of the Amazon so we were advised strongly not to go which of course we did not, As its way too dangerous , as in bye bye Brian dangerous . So that was not the best news ...
Surviving the Driving
... Her own mother was followed home from the bank and mugged at gunpoint outside the door of her house as she frantically searched for the key. You might think that all of these examples would start Lili questioning her assumptions of safety in Bogota. But before I can mention this glaring disconnect, Lili tells me her own story about how a savvy Bogotan handles a mugging attempt - she tells them to **** off. She was alone on an overpass when it happened. A scruffy ...
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