Colombia

Off the truck again and this time travelling with Ollie, Peter, Clay and Mark from the tour, I headed for Colombia. A lot is thought about Colombia especially that it’s unsafe. Personally I felt completely safe and found the people some of the friendliest in South America. The Andean countries have a certain colour that you don’t find in the rest of South America and Colombia was to prove no different.

We spent a weekend in Bogotá enjoying the night life then headed up to the Caribbean coast by very scary night bus at one point the bus hit one of what seamed like a million pot holes on the road and all the lights went out including the headlamps. Fortunately the headlamps came back on pronto but the film we were watching never recovered.

We ended up in Tanager on the north coast for a weeks diving instruction. Have to say that I am so glad that I’ve learnt to dive. Since, I’ve dived in Cuba and its one of the freest feelings I’ve ever had.

The second part of my time was spent on a Trek up to a once lost city in the jungle above Santa Marta in northern Colombia, its where some tourist were kidnapped a few years ago. Again this was brilliant except for the footwear, believe me a pair of trainers with very little grip is not the ideal way of trying to climb up muddy slippery hills, but it was all worth it in the end as we got to see something that not many see and what was uncovered by westerners for hundreds of years.

Pics: Me and Mark, Me Mark and Peter totally knackered, the lost city