Then we turned of the main road onto a still wide, but much quieter byway. And immediately we started to climb. Despite the fact I could see little out of my right hand window, I knew we were cli…
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Climbing the Andes – A slow start
Two days after my trip to Gorgona, Mauricio (I suppose to get me out of Lucy’s house) promised me another trip. It was to travel north towards Armenia and into the Central Cordillera between Medel…
The Gorgona Trip – Paradise at last
Go to the First post in The Gorgona Trip Possibly the most magical moment of the whole trip to Gorgona was the trip home. The little coaster we had travelled in had dropped us off and moved on, s…
WHEN I WENT TO – Starting the new blog soon
Hope you can join me in the new stories soon in St Helena, Ascension, Lesotho, Maldives, Mauritius, St Vincent, Montserrat, Haiti, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea,
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The Gorgona Trip – in the camp and around the island
In the afternoon, Graeme and I decided to try out the hammock. This yellow net had been provided by Chris, one of Graeme’s English friends in Cali, and we were all thumbs trying to get the thing s…
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The Gorgona Trip – Starting to immerse
I was slightly stunned at this sight but called over the guide, and at the same time tried to stem the flow of blood by clamping up the hand. However, because it was on the side of the hand that n…
The Gorgona Trip – The prison and trouble on the reef
I tossed my bag over into the small wet fishing boat and precariously dangled for a moment between the two boats. We loaded up our boat and set off in a wide loop to the shore, where the only way …
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The Gorgona Trip – Bumpy Crossing
The land opened out again as we neared the coast and a sprawling, dilapidated city came into view. This was Buenaventura. After the Amazon rainforest and the loneliness of Darien, this was the wi…
The Gorgona Trip – The drop to the Pacific
Two weeks of hanging around Cali was beginning to tire both myself and Mauro out. I needed a complete break to see something of the countryside around. He found a blue and red leaflet that showed…
Time in Cali – Caught up in the corrida
Go to the first post in Time in Cali Football was not the only sport which Colombians followed. As in many Latin American countries, bullfighting still holds an attraction especially in rural area…
String Knife and Paper 