After our stay in La Mojarra we were ready to go deep into the hot and humid weather of the Colombian Atlantic coast. As we drew closer to the sea, the houses by the road started to look more run-down and the road became increasingly littered with rubbish; making the contrast between the center of the country and the coastal region a bit more evident. We spent only a couple …Read More
[bra_dropcaps style='dropcap1']F[/bra_dropcaps] or the latest full moon, we decided to go up on a special mission: climb up to the summit of Wedge & watch the sunrise. It sounded pretty straightforward to me when Alain suggested it, but when he started borrowing the gear we needed from his friends I started to wonder what was I getting myself into again. We set out on Friday afternoon, arriving at the parking …Read More
From Suesca, our next destination was a place called La Mesa de Los Santos; located some 50 KM from Bucaramanga, the capital of the Santander department. We were hoping to leave behind the rain and the gray mood of Suesca, we needed some sunshine in our lives and we were not dissappointed. The weather here was much warmer and sunnier, plus there were fewer rainy days. La Mesa de Los Santos …Read More
A few weeks ago, we went on a roadtrip to Vancouver Island and had the chance to stop at Chemainus so we could take a break from the road. This small community is located between Victoria and Comox, on the island’s east shore; and it has become a popular spot thanks to the murals that adorn many of the town’s buildings. Chemainus was founded in the 1800s as a logging …Read More
Coping with the rain and with some mechanical problems while trying to stay fit and rock climb around Valle de Halcones; a great crag just outside Suesca, Colombia. Read More
Dogs in Colombia can be very peculiar, they roam freely on the streets and decide to adopt you in a whim. In some small towns we visited, dogs just started to follow us around as if we had been buddies for years. In Salento for example, we had at one point a pack of four dogs following us back to the hostel. First, there was a couple of females (mother …Read More
Whistler, a resort town 125 km north of Vancouver, is one of the main touristic attractions in beautiful British Columbia. It gets about two million visitors annually from all over the world who go there for the same reason: to enjoy the outdoors while riding the slopes of the surrounding mountains; skying and snowboarding when there is snow and mountain biking during the rest of the year. At the peak of …Read More
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