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Coffee, Hummingbirds and Cocora Valley in Salento, Colombia

We knew relatively little about Colombia’s coffee zone (or Zona Cafetera) when we booked our one way shuttle to a small village called Salento, but the three nights we had in this gem of a town were enough to teach us that this was a place we could definitely come back to.

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A Daytrip to Guatapé and La Piedra from Medellin, Colombia

When researching things to do from Medellin, something that recurringly appeared was a daytrip to a small town nearby called Guatapé. Always keen for a daytrip that allows us to get out of the big cities and into the countryside, we quickly set aside our last full day in Medellin for this daytrip – and boy, am I glad we did!

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Medellin and its ‘famous criminal’ Pablo Escobar, Colombia

With only a comparatively short time in Colombia (approximately three weeks), we decided to take advantage of the cheap domestic flights and fly from Cartagena to Medellin. In hindsight, this was a godsend as Dave was still sick from the disgusting water he had accidently swallowed whilst at Totuma Volcano and a ten hour bus ride would have been out of the question.

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San Blas Island Hopping, Panama

The San Blas Islands are an archipelago of palm-tree packed islands with aqua blue water and a distinctly Caribbean feel, and they lie between the east coast of Panama and the north coast of Colombia. For us, the San Blas also represented the stepping stones on our journey from Central America to South America.

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