2020 AUGUST 24 -- With the onset of Covid-19 and its many restrictions, travel being one of them, we decided to take advantage of our own local travel destinations. People come from all over the world to see and experience our beautiful Rocky Mountains. They are only a few hours drive for us. We headed... Continue Reading →

2020 FEBRUARY 26 -- We never felt scared or threatened in any way, while in Colombia (other than the weird waiters at that one restaurant). Maybe we were just naive. Our hosts seemed to do all the worrying for us. Everywhere we stayed, our hosts were extremely helpful, friendly, and protective. Taxi license plate numbers... Continue Reading →

2020 FEBRUARY 21 -- Shortly before we left for Colombia, we were told about the Carnival in Barranquilla. It is the second largest folkloric Carnival in the world, second only to Rio in Brazil. Barranquilla is only two hours away from Cartagena. Although people buy tickets a year in advance for this, we were hoping... Continue Reading →

2020 FEBRUARY 17 -- Plaza de Los Coches , Torre de Reloj , Pedro de Heredia statue Carlos had arranged for a private car to take us to the airport in Medellin.  Had we taken a cheap bus, we would have had to go 2 hours back into the city, only to catch another bus... Continue Reading →

2020 FEBRUARY 14 - Irene in Guatape The next morning we found a little cafe nearby that served breakfast. Then we ordered a Cabify (similar to Uber) and went to the North Bus Terminal. The bus terminals in South America are huge. Buses are a cheap way to get around. We found airfare cheap, as... Continue Reading →

2020 FEBRUARY 8 - We met a family from Cranbrook, BC in the Bogota airport. They were also heading to Salento and we asked if we could share a ride with them. They said their hotel was picking them up at the airport and there would not be enough room for all of us. No... Continue Reading →

2020 FEBRUARY 7 -- Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá. We booked a trip to The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá. It is about an hour away from Bogota.  We picked up another couple (Paige and Brad) who were from Birmingham, UK. They were spending several weeks travelling Central and South America and had several good travel locations... Continue Reading →

2020 FEBRUARY 4 - Colombian Flag We had a 6:00 am flight, so we took advantage of an Expedia voucher and spent the night at a hotel in Nisku. God knows what the roads can be like in Edmonton in winter. An overnight snowfall could delay our already hour drive. We had a brief layover... Continue Reading →

2019 DECEMBER 18 -- I'm back in London for Christmas, again. I landed on 18 December. The Uber driver decided to take the scenic route to Len's – it took over 3 hours to get there. It usually takes just over an hour. Once 'home' Freya ecstatic to see me. Julian was over at a... Continue Reading →

2019 December 20 -- Viviane and I had met on the Camino de Santiago, over 4 years ago. We had kept in touch. Since I was going to the UK for Christmas, and since Belgium was a meet-in-the-middle place, we decided to meet in Bruges for the weekend. I took the Eurostar from St. Pancreas... Continue Reading →