we stopped for a couple of days in the intriguing little town of Mompos. Its the setting for Chronical of a Death foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and it seems to be completely in the miggle of nowhere. To get there we had to take a speedboat, 4x4 jeep, taxi and a bus. It used to be a very important trade route town as it is halfway up a big river, but was disused from 100 years ago so is stuck in the past somewhat. It used to be wealthy so has loads of lovely...

Cartagena for Christmas! Cartagena is a wonderful colonial town with a history of pirate attacks so it has a massive wall around it to protect the pretty town inside from the likes of Francis Drake. We arrived filthy and smelly after 5 days without a bath on the boat, into Cartagena which was full of glamorous Colombians getting ready for their Chrismas partys. luckilly for us we were meeting up with our friend Robb from Leeds and he sorted us out an apartm...