Travellers tips including currency, ATMs, getting on the internet, mobile phones, car rentals, taxis, and getting to and from the airports.
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Sitting on Cartagena’s historic wall at sunset, we buy a cervesa from a local street seller. Her 7 year old son is teaching us the mantra of the cart seller: “AGUA-CERVESA-COCA-COLA-GATOR-AA-ADE”.
‘Wake up Jaguars!’ The voice of Tyson drifted across the camp as 4:45 am hit. Eleven jaguars stirred. It was Day Three of our trek to La Ciudad Perdida — the ‘Lost City’
There were two poignant experiences we had that highlighted Medellin’s troubled past and bright future: Comuna 13 and the Medellin Museum of Modern Art.
South of Medellín, high up in the Andes mountains lies the small town of Jardin. We’d heard it was a beautiful Colombian town. We also spent another weekend in Guatapé.
After the almost overwhelming size of Bogotá, coming to Medellín almost feels like coming to a big mountain town. But with almost 3 million people in the city proper and another million or two in the surrounding areas, this city nestled in the Aburrá Valley is the second largest in Colombia. We’re spending almost a month in Medellín, and we’re really looking forward to exploring as much as we can of the City of Eternal Spring.
“Use your tongue wisely,” our guide Daniel said to us without a hint of sarcasm. So we did, using our tongue to grab all the sweet pulp of the giant yellow passion fruit without getting any of the white pith. Delicious and a little sweeter than the small purple variety we’re used to; we were in a market laneway in central Bogotá trying tropical fruit we’d never seen before.
Rather than leave a trail of plastic across the world, we opted to pick up a portable water purifier to carry with us. Over the last month or two I’ve used the Grayl Ultrapress as my primary water bottle, and it’s a marvel!
We spent a fantastic 8 years in Sydney, living by the beach and exploring the city and we recently put together some of our favourite things to do with visitors that aren’t on the usual tourist route.
With warm weather most of the year, Perth is the ideal place for outdoor activities and outdoor cafes. The key to enjoying a stay in Perth is to chill out and enjoy hanging out in the warmth.
In this post we’re going to look at running gaiters, why you should use them, and how you can ‘stow’ them on your hiking shoes so they’re there when you need them (and out of the way when you don’t!).
Over the next couple of weeks we’ll travel through Nova Scotia and New England into Massachusetts, before heading ‘home’ to Ontario.