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El Viajero Hostel in Salento Colombia
El Viajero Hostel in Salento Colombia is to this day one of my favorite hostel experiences and one I think everyone would enjoy. While I know the hostel, life is not the life for everyone I must disagree when it comes to Salento. I might also be biased since it is in one of my favorite towns in the entire world, Salento Colombia. You can read on why I fell in love with this town in an earlier post here. El Viajero Hostel in Salento is an incredibly special place and a hostel that in my mind is closer to a budget hotel. The reason I must make this broad…
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Salento Colombia My Favorite Town
Salento Colombia was not on my list when I originally started to plan my trip to Colombia. If I am completely honest, I had never heard of this small town in the coffee triangle of Colombia. Saying that though I cannot imagine a visit to Colombia without visiting what has become my favorite small town in the entire world. Most people end up stumbling upon Salento when seeing photos of the world’s tallest palm trees all over Instagram. These palm trees are in the Valle de Cocora where trees can reach heights of 200 feet and are sheltered in an amazing valley. After seeing these photos and being mesmerized by…
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When I Almost Died In Colombia
Accidents while travelling abroad are not something new to me but there is one accident in particular that I dont think i will ever forget. During our mountain biking trip in the outskirts of Medellin I decided to take a break from riding and do the upcoming hill in the support vehicle that had been following us for the entire day. Now looking back at this, I probably should have not been lazy and riden up the hill but come on we are mountain biking and the fun part is going downhill. At this point while my travel partner and the other rider went up the decently steep hill myself…
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How To Travel From Medellin to Salento Colombia
Travelling in Colombia is always an adventure and one that I truly enjoyed the entire time even if it wasn’t always comfortable. While I sometimes joke about feeling scared and creeped out part of the fun the journey to the destination. I also do my best to show you what to do in order to not make the same mistakes I made throughout my time travelling Colombia. Our journey from Medellin to Salento was one we planned just a day or two before we actually headed that way. After researching online we could not find an easy way to just fly to Salento and to be honest got confused at…
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Mountain Biking Medellin Colombia
Mountain Biking was not on the top of our list while visiting Colombia and truthfully not something we knew was even a popular thing to do in the area. While searching for day trips around Medellin we accidentally stumbled upon the 2000M Descent website and immediately knew it had to be on our list. We had no true idea on what to expect on this tour since we truly are not die hard mountain bikers and in all honesty have no real bike skills. But when on a South America vacation you might as well try anything that comes your way! Setting Up The Tour After contacting the compay and…
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Guatape Day Trip – Medellin Colombia
Guatape, Colombia is one of the must do day trips from Medellin and one of the first things we planned when deciding to stop in Medellin. Most people do not know where or what Guatape is but they do know a very specific landmark in the town that big rock. The drive from Medellin to Guatape takes about two hours depending on the bus or tour you take but it is completely worth it! Why should you use a tour company After a lot of online searching through forums we decided to go with a tour company to maximize our time in Medellin and make sure we made the most…
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Medellin Colombia – City of Eternal Spring
Medellin Colombia once known as the deadliest city in the world has now become one of the top cities to visit in South America. The city has come a long way from the days of Pablo Escobar and the cartels we see on the Netflix show Narcos. The city is not just leaps and bounds safer but has built an astonishing robust public transportation system consisting of new train cars and metro cars that can take you to all corners of the city efficiently and cheaply. I was astonished at just how easy it was to navigate around Medellin and how much we could actually see in one day just…
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Traveling in Colombia – Santa Marta to Medellin
Traveling across Colombia can always turn into an adventure depending what route you take and how much you want to spend. After our time in Santa Marta we decided to continue our adventures through Colombia in the infamous city of Medellin. I cannot wait to get into the details of our time in Medellin and how much fun it actually was even though I am not the biggest fan of major metropolitan cities in my travels. How To Travel In Colombia Now Colombia is quite a big country at roughly twice the size of Texas with about double the population. There are a few ways to travel between cities and…
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Poseidon Dive Center – Taganga Colombia
As I have said before using Santa Marta as a base camp really provides a lot of opportunities to explore northern Colombia. If you have ever wanted to go scuba diving or if you are looking to get certified, Taganga Colombia should be your top spot in South America. We stumbled on Poseidon Dive Center while finding things to do while we made Santa Marta our base camp for this part of our trip. The dive center had glowing reviews across every website we could find and I have to agree they are top notch. How to get to Taganga and Poseidon Dive Center To get to Taganga and the…
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What To Do in Minca Colombia and Jungle Joe Adventures
The tiny mountain town of Minca, Colombia is not on most travelers list but I am here to tell you why it should be on yours. Minca is perched on top of a mountain about a 45-60 minute cab ride outside of Santa Marta. This makes it the perfect day trip if you are using Santa Marta as a base camp to explore this region of Colombia. Minca is a rather isolated town and one that I am not sure if I would stay at for more than a day trip. On the flip side it was one of my favorite day trips in all of Colombia and one I…
