Santa Marta We said goodbye to the group in Cartegena, spending our last evening with Jen who was staying on for some R&R. She had been booked to continue the journey to Santa Marta, but had decided against it, as Santa Marta had been at the centre of some trouble recently. We, on the other … Continue reading Colombia – Part 2
Bogota On 3rd October, we flew from Curacao to Bogota. Our first impression was the immediate temperature drop from 32° to 18°c, with Bogota perching up at 2600m above sea level. We transferred to the decent enough B3 Hotel and a few hours later, met with our small group who we’re touring around Colombia with … Continue reading Colombia – Part 1
Bonaire That was a journey. For some reason, we’re very very bad at calculating time shifts between time zones, flights, layovers, and arrivals - working out how long we’ve been awake, what time it is where we’re going, or where we’ve left. It really shouldn’t be that difficult - and it isn’t just an incompetent … Continue reading Bonaire and Curacao
Summary We didn’t really know what to expect when embarking on this 24 day pilgrimage. We were a bit trepidatious about some of the countries, and very ignorant about others. We had general impressions - Islamic culture, post-soviet nations, mountains, grasslands, and authoritarian regimes. I was intrigued by the Darvaza gas crater, and both of … Continue reading The 5 Stans of the Silk Road – Epilogue
Bucking the land-border crossings trend, today we caught a plane. We spent the daytime doing some final sightseeing around Duschanbe then headed to the small airport and without any fuss or friction, flew to Almaty. Almaty, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is massive. I mean bloody huge, and we’re only here for three nights. We skirted our way … Continue reading Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan
