Hotel Casa Blanca
Travel Blogs from Paipa
Last slice of the Caribbean
The following morning we were standing on the side of the road in Santa Marta waiting for a collectivo mini-van for almost half an hour - every van that passed us was overflowing with people and there was no chance at all of us squeezing on with our backpacks. We were just about to hail a cab when a half-full van appeared, loaded us on, and took us …
Cali
DAY 1 (Bus journey from Quito to Cali) - We caught our first bus from Quito to Tulcan (at the Ecuador-Colombia border) at 4.00 am. The bus was completely rammed full and although I managed to get some sleep, Doog who was sat in the aisle seat had different people leaning against him the whole time and so couldn't sleep at all. Once at Tulcan we …
From a distance
Ever the adverturer, Giz was convinced this latest little excursión was a winner! The tinniest volcano in the world, standing a whopping 10metres high, Volcano Totumo is safe for mud bathing, and apparently has as much thearaputic wonder as a fancy day spa. Funny Giz was pushing so hard for this!
Fancy it ain´t, unusual and fun it is. The …
Finally
The night before we fly out to Cali and I have a hundred details to organize check and double check. We start by getting up at 4AM. Quammy, Jene's friend agreed to drive us down to the Phoenix airport. I'm so excited that I decide to sleep in my helmet! I don't know why I am so anxious to get on the road and get started. I have a fitful sleep, …