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... 6 hours and I didnīt want to arrive that late in Cartagena the next day so I asked if other comapnies have buses before then (it may seem foolish but in every other city the people were very helpful and answered honestly). The person said there were no other buses so I bought a ticket.

I was sceptical though because Bogota to Cartagena is surely a very common route, so I went to research on WikiTravel. Sure enough they had a link to the terminal website that showed departures more ...

... attempt, when we arrived just prior to leaving time, having run halfway then succumbed to a taxi, we were told it was full and that tickets needed to be purchased a day in advance. Our second attempt was nearly scuppered by us leaving sufficient funds locked in the safe along with bank cards at our hostel. It was a case of third time lucky – Andy returned solo to pay for the tickets put aside by the bemused ticket clerk , consequently getting his daily workout in the ...

With the ultimate weekend of our grand adventure upon us we headed back to Bogota. We went on a really good bike tour of the city- very entertaining, and informative, but disturbing at the same time. Bogota has alot of homeless and displaced people many of whom are villigers forced from
their lands. They have established a large tent city in a central park. It was very sad as ...

... Lima, a 3-hour flight from Lima to Bogota and a 1-hour cab ride to our hostel in Bogota.

We didn't want to pay for a hostel in Sao Paolo since we had to be at the airport at 3am, so we took an 8:30pm bus out of Rio, which was incredibly painless and safe, despite arriving at 2am at Sao Paolo's bus stand. I was concerned about finding a taxi to the airport or having some sketchy dudes take our bags as we were trying to exit Brasil. I ...

... man) and a whole load of
stuff that has just slipped my memory for now. Suffice to say
we had an absolute ball, loved every minute of it and really
appreciated everyone putting us up, and putting up with us for the
time we were home. See you all in 12 months' time guys, unless
you're one of the ones coming to Central America in Feb, in which
case see you soon.



When looking at flights we were looking
for the best deal to get us ...

Donderdagavond een bus gepakt om naar Bogota te gaan. Volgens plan zou ik hier om 7u `s ochtends aankomen... het liep echter enigzins anders.
Om een uur of half een maakt de bus ineens een flinke slinger, ik voel de bus van de weg afschieten en vol remmen en voor ik het weet staan we stil. Hierop breekt er lichte paniek uit in de bus, maar iedereen schijnt ok te zijn. De deuren worden open gedaan en iedereen uit de bus gelaten. Buiten zie ik pas echt wat er is gebeurd; de bus ...

... falling down the 925 metre drop. And most of it was in a mist well before it hit the bottom. Nevertheless it was very spectacular all the same. It was a long sweaty journey back to Ciudad Bolivar. Leaving Ciudad Bolivar we headed out into the Orinoco Delta by boat - the only way to travel here and stayed for 2 nights at a floating lodge (flotel). The delta is home to much wildlife including big cats, caiman, howler monkeys, macaws, toucan and much ...

Sitting in Havana, looking at my return flight to Cancun. Not loving it. How can I possibly go back to that place? I wandered down into town to talk it over with the airline, but had no joy changing the ticket for a more desirable destination (ie. anywhere else). Giving it some serious thought, I decided to wear it as a loss and buy another ticket straight to Quito - my next destination. It soon all became very hard - I would have to spend a night in Caracas ...

... to wear racy cloths, some of the tops they wear are really no0n-existing. People in general are of any ethnicity; I haven't seen any blonds, but many people are of my color, some are black-black and the most are in-between. Today I started the teaching. The group is rather small. I look forward to Saturday, there is a big family do, where relatives will gather from many places and they have an outdoors party with lots of drinking and dancing and gossiping.

... what did it matter, we had a 12 hour overnight bus journey to look forward to on Tuesday. Following our brush with madness at the bus station we went to a supermarket where we found some Bimbo Bread (and no I did not have any) and cans of Polar beer for about 15p - what a bargain! - then we went back to the Hilton, where Andy went back to his roots and decided on a siesta whilst me being the Bournemouth girl thought I would get some serious sun bathing time ...