Tatacoa Desert
Technically, Tatacoa Desert is a tropical dry forest. But for my money it's a desert. Jazmin and I joined up again here to camp out in...
Salento and the Valley of Cocora
From Manizales, I took a bus to nearby Salento, a small colorful tourist town whose primary function is to serve as a launching point for...
Manizales and Santa Isabel Volcano
From Santa Marta I flew to coffee country, starting off with the small city of Manizales. Manizales is an odd city just by its shear...
Santa Marta and the Lost City Trek
From Bogota, it's about 4 hours in a cramped van to Santa Marta, another coastal Colombian city. Santa Marta isn't nearly as pretty as...
Cartagena
Cartagena is one of those places that can morph into what you need it to be. Having served as a main port for shipping Spanish loot back...
Medellin - Take 2
I always knew I'd be back in Medellin someday. Tania and I flew from Bogota, where she'd spend her last few days of her trip with me....
Bogota
It only took two weeks of being back home for the travel bug to reinfect me (though the sub-zero wind chills certainly buoyed those sails...
San Luis Potosi
Continuing the sprint, I left Chiapas the next day, flying back to Mexico City to meet up with Tania, who would accompany me for the last...
Chiapas
In the last week of my trip, I decided to make a sprint to cover as much ground as I could. The first step was a tour of the southern...
Teotihuacan
The quintessential day trip from Mexico City is a visit to Mexico's most popular archaelogical site, Teotihuacan. This ancient city was...
