The South American adventure continues, from Ecuador to Colombia I have managed to bus so far to the north coast of the continent. Its my first long route bussing on the trip and always something interesting is happening. So far one had a flat bald tyre they kept trying to patch all day, one crashed into a truck, one had the air con setting on about 10C and all the drivers seem to like to risk the lives of their passengers every few minutes by overtaking trucks around blind corners.
Colombia is somewhat of a travellers paradise not yet spoilt by the hordes of tourists due to a now undeserved reputation for being a more dangerous place. Below is the so far highlight of the trip, some lost city, lost under the jungle I guess. According to our guide it was founded by Arabs that sailed there after the tower of Babel fell, this was in the time of the Dinosaurs, either that or Noahs ark or the Japanese. I didn´t make that up.
I gotta put in a shot of my mosquito bites.
This is Bogota the capital. A pretty stunning setting and really cool place. I think good football games are restricted to Argentina and Brasil though. Both Ecuador and Colombian football is terrible. I´ve seen more entertaining matches in the backyard!, and all those riot police never seem to have to get into the action.
And for those of you sitting in an office slaving away or freezing to death in Tasmania here is some of the Carribean coast I am currently enjoying. The water is so warm and refreshing you can stay in for as long as you feel like, the evenings are brilliantly mild and breezy at about 25 degrees and the beers are $1 a pop.
