Saturday 17 August 2019
Highlights: Lost or stolen wallet, farewell dinner
Today was one of those days you remember for the wrong reasons. While leaving Medellín sometime between exiting our private bus and checking in my bag for the 9.53 am flight to Cartagena my wallet went missing.
Avianca
Gate: 5
Seat: 15D (Exit Row Aisle)
Plane: A320-100
Boarded: 09.38
Pushback: 09.56
Departed: 10.05 (Scheduled 09.43)
Arrived: 10.54 (Scheduled 10.50)
Duration: 49 minutes
Distance: 473 kms
This was the second of two flights included with the G Adventures Classic Colombia tour. This was a short flight schedule for 1 hour 3 minutes it turned out to be even less.
Friday 16 August 2019.
Highlights: Replica town Peñol de Guatapé, Rock of Guatapé, Guatapé zocalos, tuk-tuk ride.
Today was a full free day from the tour so the group split and did there own thing. Seven of us selected a day tour to Guatapé which our tour leader Miguel organised and joined us (cost 110,000 pesos). It was to be a day of amazing colours, fitness tests and great street art work.
Thursday 15 August 2019.
Highlights: Exploring Medellín – Downtown and the infamous (but great) District 13, Metrocable ride.
We have two full days in Medellín before catching at flight out on Saturday. Today was the chance to see Medellín up close and in depth while tomorrow some of us will leave the city and visit the picturesque Guatape.
Wednesday 14 August 2019.
Highlights: Long countryside private bus ride, a quiet beer in Medellín
Today was a repositioning day to get from Salento to Medellín. That meant leaving our hotel in Salento at 7 am and attempting to get to Medellín before peak hour traffic.
Tuesday 13 August 2019.
Highlights: Cocora Valley Hike, Playing Tejo (Colombian traditional sport).
We started our day with an included breakfast at our Armenia estate and it was then off on a 50 minute drive to Salento for today’s activities – basically hiking and later trying to cause explosions! Continue reading
Monday 12 August 2019.
Highlights: Recuca Coffee Farm, Mi Monaco Farm Visit
Today started with nice included breakfast at the beautiful Mi Monaco Estate. The sun shining and the excellent company of the group over breakfast was an ideal start to the day.
