Ecuador was planned as a continuation of the more "outdoors-y" portion of this South America holiday. As part of our visit, we focused on Quito (and surrounding sights) and Banos, with the full intention of coming back to visit the rest of the country another time! Quito Quito is a very large city, spanning ~60km …
Colombia: A Bit Less Urban
From Bogota, we began the more adventurous portion of our Colombian travels. There were two main agenda items for this portion of the trip: Cocora Valley and Laguna Verde. Salento Salento is a small, colourful and vibrant town located west of Bogota. We arrived on a Sunday and the town was buzzing with activity--there were heaps of …
Colombia: The Cities
This series is a bit (i.e. seriously) delayed... oops. My introduction to Colombia (and South America, for that matter) was a week or so spent across three of Colombia's cities--Cartagena, Medellin and Bogota--each of which had an entirely different vibe, making it fascinating and interesting to transition from one to the next. Cartagena Our journey …