Hotel Abadia Plaza Pereira
Carrera 8 No. 21 - 67 Pereira, Colombia
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An active start into the new year
... lunch and then had a bit of a video afternoon in the hostel.
One of the main reasons to visit Salento is to hike around Valle de cocora The day started out pretty nice. We took a jeep to the start of the hike. First we walked along the vally for a bit and then entered what I think was a cloud forest. It was really nice, but it started cooling down pretty fast and clouds started rolling in. We stopped off at a small finca in the mountains where they served hot ...
Not Enough
... foiled, as I was tossed around like a rag doll. Between the heat, the motion sickness, the diesel fumes from the buses in front, and the overall polluted air, it brought out the worst of the aguardiente's effects. Fortunately, it didn't bring out everything, unlike with the poor kid who was puking into a plastic bag halfway through the journey ...
The second part of the journey started from Armenia, the largest centre close to Salento - ...
Miracle
... world. Oh, the sorrow ...
I dragged my sorry depressed ass to Avianca's counter, and was gestured to their back office - it was going to be a pain, filling out forms to claim compensation for my lost and beloved Becky. It's not the monetary loss, it's the hassle of having to replace everything, and taking time out of my Colombian adventures to do so. Even though I'd rather not, it would have to be done - I'm a huge fan of traveling light, ...
Zurück in der Zivilisation!
... noch unsere Fotos ausgetauscht, ein paar trockene Sachen angezogen und sind dann auch schon ins Taxi gehüpft - ein kurzes aber herzliches "Adios" und Lydia und Johnny sind gleich weiter zum Busbahnhof, wo sie einen Bus Richtung Salento genommen haben. Myriam und ich haben uns ein Taxi zum Hostal 'Sweet Home' genommen - ganz nett, allerdings waren wir die einzigen Gäste, was de Sache etwas trostlos gemacht hat.
Zum Essen ...
Zur Laguna del Otún
... im Magen so schlecht, dass er sich sogar ein paarmal übergeben musste. Wenigstens musste er nicht mehr frieren! Allerdings waren wir daurch wieder um einiges langsamer als vorgesehen, so dass wir wieder einmal in die Dunkelheit kamen. Und wieder einmal war ich echt froh um meinen "Scheinwerfer", auf extrem steinigen und matschigen Wegen bergab - das ist schon bei Tageslicht kein Spaß!
Aber ...



