A Colombian Convoy
We found ourselves in a Colombian Convoy for twelve days. We traveled from Salento all the way down to the Ecuadorian border with Jesse...
Brake Checks & Giant Matchsticks: Salento & Valle de Cocora.
Our drive to the heart of the coffee zone, also called the Eje Cafetero (Coffee Axis), from Bogota to the town of Salento was ‘mostly’...
Colonial Colombia: Barichara to Villa de Leyva.
More than half of the country is not covered in the Lonely Planet guide for Colombia because of security issues. The guide says the...
Colombia under a cloud of Zika: Tayrona to Minca
Our departure from Baranquilla was delayed by a few days. John got hit with some strange flu bug. Or what we thought was some strange flu...
A Gradual Reentry: Bogotá to Baranquilla
Gazing out of the plane's window on our descent into Bogotá, I saw the high mountain peaks of the Andes. I could see tiny ribbons of road...
A Year in Motion
Gratitude. My attitude about gratitude is different now. It’s for different things and in different degrees of magnitude. I used to think...
Shipping the Darien Gap: Panama City to Cartagena
The only break in the 29,000-mile stretch of road known as the Pan-American Highway is the 100-mile section of impassible jungle between...
