Posts & Pictures from Colombia
As difficult as it was to leave Bogota, we were excited to get to the old city of Cartagena de Indias. We were looking forward to a little bit of sun, sand and beach. That adds up to relaxation! We like to have our trips be a combination of sightseeing, adventure and relaxation and we manage to do a good job at that. Sometimes it makes us rush around a little but at the end it’s all worth it. Getting…
One of the truly fascinating sites is the Salt Cathedral located about 60 minutes drive from Bogota in a small city named Zipaquirá. There are many guided tours that will take you there, but as my blog title indicates, we are “backroads wanderers” and we explore and make things happen on our own. This allows us the freedom to come and go as we please, stop when we want to take a picture and basically customize our own little tour….
Well, just as I expected and as I mentioned at the beginning of this blog, keeping current and writing about our trips is time consuming and what I have discovered, the cataloging of photos is the real holdup. I am currently downloading all the pictures from both Bogota and Cartagena and tagging them so that they can easily be imported not only into the computer but also the blog pictures page. I want to present them to you in an…
Well, we’ve been waiting for this day and it’s finally here. Leaving for Bogota tomorrow night arriving on Friday morning. We are hoping to use the whole day to really take a look around, but people say that between the midnight flight and the high altitude of Bogota that you will be pretty tired. Well, we shall see. Our hope is to drop off our things at the Hilton in Bogota, see if the weather is good and head right…
As always, things cross your desk or on the internet as you look for the next adventure that you want to have. We are not much for lying on a beach, sun tanning and drinking ourselves into oblivion. We are active and always on the move. Hiking, bicycling, exploring and discovering new places and sights is what we truly enjoy. We have been thinking of a place to go that won’t be too far away since we both still work…