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  • World Trip 2019: Day 15 – Tayrona, Colombia

    Friday 23 August 2019.
    Highlights: Tayrona National Park Hike

    Easily the hardest physical day on the tour we had a full day hiking in the Tayrona National Park leaving the hotel at 8 am and returning around 3.30 pm. The walking part was probably 5 hours and a lot of it was ups and downs small hills.

    At our furtherest point Cabo San Juan de Guia

    While a lot of the hike had wooden paving to avoid us damaging the park, a lot also didn’t and you were still pushing off rocks and leaning on them then or grabbing trees for support when climbing up. The heat and humidity could be a quick killer.

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  • World Trip 2019: Day 14 – Taganga to Tayrona, Colombia

    Thursday 22 August 2019
    Highlights: Easy Day at Taganga Beach, relaxing at pool

    Today was a very easy day hanging around Taganga, mostly on the beach.

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  • World Trip 2019: Day 13 – Minca to Taganga, Colombia

    Wednesday 21 August 2019.
    Highlights: La Victoria Coffee Farm visit, Pozo Azul Waterfall, and intense topical rainstorm

    A leisurely morning allowing for us to sleep in as long as we had breakfast by 9 am and our bags were ready to be transferred to Taganga while we continued our exploration of Minca in the morning and early afternoon.

    What wasn’t on the plan as an intense topical rainstorm which was great to witness since we were safely undercover at the time 🙂

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  • World Trip 2019: Day 12 – Cartagena to Minca, Colombia

    Tuesday 20 August 2019.
    Highlights: 4 Wheel Drive Experience, Marinka Waterfall, Casa Elemento (Largest hammock in the world)

    Today was our last long drive of the tour clocking in at 5 hours as we enter the home straight. I took a few more imodium tablets during the night hoping that this would do the trick however the moment we were leaving hotel in Cartagena I required another quick visit to the toilet. Miguel escorted me to our transportation which had to move while waiting for me in the busy single lane street.

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  • World Trip 2019: Day 11 – Cartagena, Colombia

    Monday 19 August 2019
    Highlights: Castillo San Felipe de Barajas (Fortress), The Mercado de Bazurto (local market), Calle Agnosto (alley of umbrellas), Gestsemani street art, San Pedro Claver Church, Cartagena Cathedral

    The first full day of the second week of the tour saw the group undertake a Cartagena City Tour. This was mostly done in an air conditioned bus thank goodness as it was extremely hot and humid today. Still the long times outside the bus at the first two stops and the the last walking tour though the Old Town section.

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