Barichara Our 2 nights at Camping Guaimaro were nice and dry. Up early, we collected one of Julia’s yummy sourdough loaves, paid our bill and after Julia had photographed us for their instagram account, we were off into the town of Barichara. Barichara was founded in August, 1742. It’s origin…
It’s such a comfortable bed in Poki. Far better than the hotel’s we have used. With the elevation of the camp the night time temperatures here are cooler. No rain last night also allowed a good sleep. Things to do. Joep, the camp owner kindly allowed me the use of…
San Vicente de Chucuri to Zapatoca 38kms It did rain a little early on in the night, but we slept well and, more importantly, the tent was dry inside. Up at about 07.00, I enjoyed my porridge sitting on a bench with a view over the valley and surrounding mountains.…
Flood recovery. Back to our ‘interesting’ night. It’s only now we have ralised how lucky we were to decide to pack up in the middle of the night and and in pouring rain, and move to higher ground. I had been making several trips to view the water level after…
Last night’s events When we set up camp yesterday, it was in a beautiful, tranquil spot. There was, however, a sign hanging in a tree beside us, saying don’t camp within 10 meters of the river. The flowing channel was about 30 meters away from us, a bank of about…
Tonight we are rough camping on a farm. We are set up about 30m from a babbling river. The banks are high enough above the river to give us some comfort, should the river flood during the night. While it’s a glorious afternoon there are serious cumulus clouds gathering from…
Medellin We had arranged to meet Mauricio for breakfast at 10.30. At about 09.45 Dennis left our hotel to collect Poki from the parking lot. I expected it to take about 15 minutes. After half an hour, I started to wonder why he was taking so long. After 45 minutes…
Yes, a wonderful gesture last night from Maurico, to feed two complete strangers and introduce them to his friends. A most enjoyable evening. Medellin (pronounced Megine, the two ll’s creating a ‘g’ sound and the D is almost silent) is noticibly cooler, by about 5 degrees c. 1470m elevation though…
It’s an overused expression, but what a difference a day makes. What a day it was too. Saturday/Sunday night First we’ll go back to the events of the night. At about 1am we were woken by the most amazing storm. It seemed to go on forever. Crashing thunder and lightening…
Jen mentioned confusion between the sat-nav and google maps on her phone. More about that later. Our campsite for the night was adequate. However, the night was far from acceptable. It was so hot and uncomfortable in Poki. Despite the fan and the little aircon unit working flat out during…