A Birthday wish to Sarah. My little girl is still gorgeous at 53!!! I know it’s tomorrow in Vancouver but it’s the 13th in New Zealand, where you were born. Happy Birthday Sarah, with all my love. Today. Despite the gentle pitter patter sound of of rain on the Caranex…
Leaving Zipaquira After having breakfast in the car park, we were on the road at 09.00. The parking at Hotel Salinero was perfect. High enough for Poki to enter and under cover. The day started well. Unlike on other days when getting out of town proved a hassle, today we…
It was cold last night. We resorted to jumpers and jackets -16deg brrrrr. but great for sleeping. Another night without rain. After rising this morning we got chatting with Carlos. Carlos is looking after the campsite while the owner is away. We are kindred spirits, Carlos and us. He has…
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…