Centro Hotel Cartagena

... a bit "chilly" as soon as the sunīs gone down but this time weīd been driving downhill for over 5 hours. It was unbelievabely hot and humid and there were crickets shrieking away all over the place. I forgot how hot and humid it had been in Puerto Maldonado last year... Maybe 6 days or hiking 6 hours per day to Ciudad Perdida wonīt be quite as enjoyable as I hoped. For sure it will be a lot of fun buy Iīm going to be soaked withing 30 minutes ...

... en het werd een gezellige avond. We gineg bijtijds aan boord waar David een heerlijke pasta voor ons kookte en waar we gezellig gekletst en kennis gemaakt hebben. Wij hadden een dubbel bed in de punt waar we later die avond onze intrek namen....en heerlijk geslapen hebben.

Van andere stellen die avond hadden we gehoord dat ze al enige dagen zaten te wachten tot hun captains zouden gaan varen. Sommigen zaten al vier dagen tw ...

... with mud, and put thirty people in there. You get a mud massage, and the float, suspended upright in mud but unable to touch the bottom, for a good thirty minutes with all of your new mud-friends. Then everyone heads down to the lake like lagoon creatures, where local women dump water all over you and clean you off. It was an amazing and hilarous experience, but as I said, cannot be described properly until you see the photos.

... not one weīd tried before............Active Volcano Mud Bathing? There are people in there that move you around (as well as giving you a mud massage while youīre in) - itīs so thick you canīt swim around in it or move around too much, and you only sink down to your stomach itīs so buoyant. We asked one of the massagers how deep it was and would we be able to touch the bottom, but he told us it was 2300m deep...................so, probably not then! The ...

... toch een eind aan komen. Ik ga gewoon maar optimaal genieten van mijn overgebleven tijd hier in Zuid-Amerika, en stiekem kijk ik er ook best wel naar uit om iedereen weer te zien enzo... :))

Ciao

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Best grappig om zo`n eerste indruk terug te lezen. Mijn 2e ...

... held high, around an idol in the shape of a golden goat in a cave on this hill. To counteract this Devil worship, the Fathers built their church on the hill in 1607. The chapel boasts an ornate Baroque altar as well as a Moorish inspired Mudejar ceiling that was popular in Spanish architecture. On the wall of the chapel are exhibits of charms used in healing. The charms correlate ...

... roads, all the way down to the beach. At the beach we made the mistake of sitting near American tourists that were on a cruise and we got bombarded by vendors. The beach was absolutely beautiful, with white sands, palm trees, and bright blue waters. The water was also warm and great for swimming. For lunch we had some fresh caught fish, and to make the day even better the guy gave us extra food and soup, which he said was a ...

... up to Pierpaolo and I, convinced that I am Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise) from Forrest Gump! Rude not to pose for a photo, but I can't help but think that I have either missed my Hollywood calling or the weed in Ecuador is really good.



Thursday March 11th


START: 15144 km

FROM: Banos (ECU)

TO: Ipiales (COL)

FINISH: 15597 km


One of the highlights of Ecuador is the Quilotoa loop, a circuit of high altitude towns in the middle of the ...

... donīt seem to understand me either. Poor old Carlo, their 19 year old son is constantly being called out of his room to interpret. The food is still extensive and bueno. Have made a fair bit of progress with the Spanish, but not very confident with the speaking of it and I canīt remember any of the verbs quick enough for my sentences to be less than about 15 seconds long ...