Following my unexpected visit to the colegio in Curití I've spent the last 2 days working with pupils in English lessons.I originally only planned to go yesterday but I'll be going at least Monday to Wednesday, possibly up to Friday! By pure coincidence yesterday was the first day back of the new school year in England so whilst my teacher friends back home were getting up to go in for the first day I was getting up to go to lessons here (if we forget the 6 hour...

Nothing much to report for yesterday, I had a pretty lazy day: I phoned or skyped family :-), looked through my photos, uploaded photos to Facebook, chatted with friends on FB, had a nice lunch at la Mana restaurant again, sat in San Gil's square 'parque la Libertad'..... On to today- Woke up at 7 so I could get the bus early to get to Barichara- got the 8am bus, having picked up a couple of things from a bakery for breakfast. The road by the market area was pac...

Friday 2nd September- Curiti (visited from San Gil) This morning I'd planned to visit the towns of Barichara and Guane. Originally I'd planned to stay there but since I'd heard accommodation was generally more expensive there I decided to stay in San Gil and do it as a day trip. Before going to have breakfast with Constance and Guillaume I was making a note of bus times etc and decided that if I was to try and do the walk between Barichara and Guane it would be ...

Wed 31st- San Gil The first thing I did yesterday was go for lunch- I asked at the hotel about the Vegetarian Restaurant but she didn't seem to have heard of it. Instead she recommended La Maná which is also recommended in the Lonely Planet so I went there. It was good food and very good value- you got 2 pieces of watermelon, soup, sliced crouton-type bits of bread, a choice of main- I chose pollo gratinado- chicken breast with a sauce, mushrooms and melted che...

Wed 31st August I've arrived at my next stop, San Gil. 'Survived' my first night bus of the trip! Survived is far from the right word, actually it was comfortable and I slept almost 8 hours of the 12 J The bus had reclining seats and leg rests- I managed to have 2 seats which made it even more comfy. It means we (I travelled with the lovely French couple) arrived here at 7am feeling not too tired and not needing to collapse straight into bed. It was hilarious th...