NB- will add a desert picture later, having trouble uploading at the mo On Friday (28th) I travelled to Neiva, I had hoped to make it to the town of Villa Vieja and gateway to the desert "el Desierto de la Tatacoa" but the bus set off late meaning it arrived late and turns out I had just missed the minibus out to Villa Vieja- annoying! Particularly as everyone was sat on the bus waiting to leave from just after 10am but it didn't go anywhere til 10.30!...

(NB- not my photo but having trouble adding one at the mo) I have a week's worth of blog to catch up on- again! I write this whilst lying in a hammock outside my cabana in the 'Desierto de la Tatacoa'- using a computer in a place where there is no electricity is kind of strange but the battery is fully charged and it's a good opportunity to catch up whilst enjoying the tranquillity of this place :-) For now though I need to catch up on SALENTO where I spent a f...

Well, today (Sun 23rd) was more productive and much more active than yesterday! Had a lovely day though :-) The first thing I did was go on the second cable car in the town which is called the 'la garrucha' which is not a modern cable car- it is almost a big brightly coloured wooden box with a door on each side and 2 little benches in it! It takes you up to the opposite side of the town and once again you get great views of the town, and it was a bargain at 3,000...

So I am now at my next stop which is the small town of 'Jardin', between 3.5 and 4 hours from Medellin. I read about this place on someone's blog when I was doing some research/reading for my trip and noted it down in my guidebook as I liked the sound of it. I think I could have spent a few more days in Medellin but at the same time I was happy to move on so headed for the bus terminal on Thursday morning. Luckily I was just in time for the 10am bus and the bus w...

I need to get out of this habit of getting behind on my blog- it's a week since I wrote anything and apart from keeping those at home who are interested updated on my travels I'm also not keeping my 'journal' very well. Note to self- make sure I update more regularly! So last time I wrote I was heading for Medellin so I'll start there- I spent 4 days in and around Medellin. My night bus was fine, took 9.5 hours and I slept on and off for most of the way. On arri...