Hotel La Ballena Azul
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Santa Marta - day 1
We had a sleep in today since we didn't really have an agenda, a change to the last week or so. We breakfasted at the hostel and then lounged around for a couple of hours. Late morning we went to the nearby mall for a coffee and looked at what to do for the upcoming couple of weeks (Ciudad Perdida trek off as my ankle not up to it). With a rough plan formed we caught a taxi into the historic district and had a walk along the ...
Life aquatic.
... kvällen inte prövar våra simkunskaper:]Vi märkte även att den lokala myrstacken som bodde i husets betong evakuerade sin lya och strömmade upp på torr mark, där de likt studenter i augusti sökte sig till alla beboliga ytor, främst min skjorta som låg lägligt till. Erik försökte kasta vatten på dem innan jag informerade honom om att han vadade runt i det vatten han kastade mot det ojordade vägguttaget.I den stunden hörde jag med min superhörsel ett skrik ...
The wild north of Colombia
... br> female malaria carrying mozzie had nailed me. So without further ado I started
up the recommended treatment regimen using our Demal malaria spray. This
entails frequent application every few minutes of the under tongue spray which
one should continue until all symptoms of malaria vanish. I kept it up so long
as I could and sure enough soon started to feel a great deal better. I really
should have also self tested myself with one of the test kits we carry in ...
Fernandos House in the Hills
... and worship pacha-mama, or mother-earth. They dress in eerie white costume and in a worldly system of reciprocation, where all of the worlds aspects form a unique worldly body. Water is blood, earth is skin etc..
La Victoria farm opened it’s doors in 1892. It’s the perfect altitude to grow the best Aribica coffee and La Victoria is unique in that it’s farming system has little changed since it opened. All the original machinery is still there, ...
Three days of paradise!
... us were up for the heave back. We litterely plodded along, looking glum. I think the only words that passed between us were "agua?" "si" and "gracias"....that was it. There were several episodes of high spirited people heading into the pack who passed us and literally stared, probably crushed by the sight of the sweaty, dirty and glum looking faces trudging past them!! haha! Again, body weight lost in sweat! Lovely! But life got better at the other end. A cold drink and a couple ...