Baru, Colombia, South America I had a really good night’s sleep last night. I was exhausted from all the drinking and dancing last night. That’s certainly not what I’ve been used to when traveling on my own for the last nine months. We got up and met for breakfast at the buffet again, which was excellent. I love having a real breakfast like this. It’s such a nice change from toast and jam. After breakfast Melissa, Vanessa, Juan Carlos, Paola,…
Baru, Colombia, South America I had a great relaxing day today in Baru! We got up around 8am and went for breakfast together at the big buffet restaurant. It was so nice to be able to get an omelette made, waffles, pancakes, french toast, real american bacon, and the freshest fruit possible. Everything was really delicious. After breakfast we all headed down to the swimming pool in front of the spa and relaxed there for a while. We went back…
Baru, Colombia, South America I slept pretty well on a trundle bed in the same room as Juan last night. I think it was because I was just so exhausted from not sleeping the night before. I wasn’t thrilled when my alarm went off at 2:45am though. We got up, got our stuff together and were ready to leave for 3am. The women however, were not so punctual. We finally left the hotel at 3:45am to head toward Baru. Before…
Aguachica, Colombia, South America I didn’t sleep as well as I was hoping I was going to last night. I think it’s because I knew I had a 4am wakeup call and I was nervous to miss it, so I kept waking up every 45 minutes to check the time. I got ready and Melissa picked me up at the hotel and we went to her Grandma’s house to meet everyone. I met her cousins, Juan Carlos and Paola, her…
Bogota, Colombia, South America Both of my flights went really well last night, no hiccups at all. My first plane from Buenos Aires to Panama City was really nice. Each seat had its own entertainment center with movies and TV shows in different languages (including English). I also had a really nice Venezuelan girl sitting next to me (Francirith), who had been sightseeing around Buenos Aires for the last week. As usual, it’s very nice to chat with other travelers…
Pasto, Colombia, South America I woke up this morning after getting about 4-5 hours of sleep on the bus. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It’s nice that my bus was direct from Bogota to Pasto, because it’s so annoying when you have a bus that is continually stopping to drop people off and pick people up. The only thing that woke me up was the coldness on the bus sometimes. They put the A/C up…
Bogota, Colombia, South America Today was my last day in Bogota. I spent the morning packing up my things and getting ready to head out. I left my bags at the hotel and went to the bus terminal to get my ticket for tonight. I’m taking an 18 hour bus ride from Bogota to Pasto. It’s a little expensive ($116,000 pesos (£40)), but I have a really nice bus with the company Bolivariano. It has wifi, that actually works, and…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I didn’t do too much today. I went up to the nice shopping part of the city to try and find a place I can get my camera serviced. There are some specks of dust that are showing up in the pictures and I can’t seem to get them out by myself. I found an authorized Nikon dealer and they said that for me to get it serviced by them I would have to give up…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I had a great night’s sleep at Colombia at Home, so I felt really energized this morning. I went out and did my laundry near the hotel, got some breakfast, and then got a bunch of stuff done back here that I’ve been procrastinating on. Just answering emails and filling out hotel reviews, things like that, but they’re all things I needed to get done and have been putting off. I went up to Melissa’s office…
Bogota, Colombia, South America That was one of the most uncomfortable night busses I have ever been on. The bus itself was okay, but the winding roads through the mountains made it absolutely impossible to get any sleep. The driver was absolutely flying as well, because what was suppose to be a 7.5 hour ride only took 5.5 hours. I would usually be happy about arriving somewhere early, but to get into Bogota at 4am really didn’t help me at…