From Medellín we plunged southward into the coffee region to the charming city of Salento. Known for peculiarly tall palm trees in addition to coffee, we made our first stop Los Nevados National Park to visit the palms. The “Willy” jeeps that make the 45-minute drive from Salento to Valle de Cocora, home to the […]
November 9 – 10, 2015 Fraichement arrivés à Salento dans la région caféière de Colombie, nous sommes allés à la découverte de palmiers géants dans la Valle de Cocora. Un décor de Dr. Seuss. Having just arrived in Salento in the coffee region of Colombia we went for a walk amongst the giant wax trees […]
Medellín had some pretty dramatic thunderstorms, and we had front-row seats for the show. Click here for a glimpse of these storms over Medellín Breakfast of champions. The avocados we found in Colombia were huge and could have been entire meals in and of themselves. Two hours from Medellín is the mysterious Piedra del Peñol; […]
November 5 – 8, 2015 Dans cette vidéo on vous donne un aperçu des tempêtes pour le moins électriques qui s’abattent sur Medellín, puis on vous emmène à Guatapé et sa fameuse Piedra del Peñol. In this video we give you a short insight of the electric storms that hit Medellín and we take you […]
November 2 – 4, 2015 Dans cette vidéo nous marchons avec le Real City Tour, faisons un tour en télécabine, prenons de l’altitude au dessus de la ville, et testons la résistance de nos estomacs. Merci Medellín ! In this video we walk with the Real City Tour, we ride a cable car, we fly […]
Our third day in Medellín, we decided to take The Real City Tour, a highly-recommended five-hour walking tour that would guide us through Medellín’s center and history. The price was right (free, with expected tip), and we enjoyed our guide Caroline’s humor and clear explanations of Medellín’s complicated history. Click here for a recap of […]
As we mentioned, our time in Capurganá was short. Less than 24 hours after landing, we would already be boarding another boat that would take us to Turbo where we would catch a van to head south to Medellín. We understood Capurganá to be well off the beaten tourist path and full of unique natural […]
November 1, 2015 Visite du Museo de Antioquia et de la collection de Fernando Botero à Medellín, Colombie. Visit of the Museo de Antioquia and the collection of Fernando Botero in Medellín, Colombia.
Click here for a video recap of our trip to Colombia Day 3, a little morning snorkeling. Sleeping over water for night three This is the most inhabited island we visited. We had a nice afternoon tour around the town and learned how the island was governed, how family-units worked, and played with a lot […]
October 26-29, 2015 Notre aventure en Amérique Centrale se termine et va se poursuivre en Amérique du Sud. Pour passer sur ce nouveau continent nous avons opté pour une traversée en bateau à travers l’archipel paradisiaque des îles San Blas. Une expérience unique et inoubliable. Merci San Blas Adventures ! Our Central America adventure is […]