We wound up in Quito longer than expected. It’s a cool city, though. We liked it. From the Galapagos, we flew over to Quito and were surprised by the route from the airport to the city. You have to go all around the mountains and valley to get there. It’s quite the trek. Since we…
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We visited the Galapagos, and it was a dream come true. After some crazy flying and having an overnight layover in Bogota (ran to nearby hotel and slept for 5 hours after horrendous immigration queue), we finally made it to the Galapagos. It was incredible. Just arriving, we saw tons of iguanas hanging around the…
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Cartagena is on the north coast of Colombia and is one of the oldest continually-inhabited cities in the Americas. It’s famous for its old, walled city and nearby Playa Blanca (white beach). We caught super-cheap Viva Air Colombia, refused to pay to choose our own seats (so we got seats in totally different rows, despite…
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Medellin – famous for a few things: Atletico Nacional, formerly the ‘murder capital of the world’, now a hip town, and, of course, its most famous progeny: Pablo Escobar. Medellin is a great city. We liked it a lot. The airport is far outside the city, in elevation, and had a crazy drive into town….
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I’d really hoped it would line up like this, and it did. My team got drawn against a team from Paraguay for the Libertadores da America tournament, and this would be my visit to Paraguay. My brother-in-law and I planned a short trip to go the day of the game and back the next day….
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