Category: Antarctica to Alaska

Saturday, 2 March 2019 Panama City, Panama   Having accumulated nineteen postcards since Buenos Aires, in need of a post office. Lo and behold, there’s one in the shopping centre adjacent the hotel. Easy peasy. For avid readers of the blog, you will recall the Bariloche post office escapade (blog post ‘25. A bit of… Read more

Friday, 1 March 2019 Panama City, Panama Have always wanted to go through the Panama Canal ever since I was a kid in the 1970s and read about the construction of it in one of my Grandfather’s old encyclopaedias. Only taken 40 years to achieve. Today entails a partial southbound transit from the docks at… Read more

Thursday, 28 February 2019 Panama City, Panama   “Can Touring Taurean please proceed to the departure gate 12.” Here we go. Thought I. It’ll be a passport check as have checked in online as usual. Ho. Ho. Ho. I’m being denied boarding. Only have a one way ticket to Panama you see. And that’s not… Read more

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 Cartagena, Colombia   Surprise, surprise. Another hot and steamy day. Was meant to be going on a speedboat cruise to the Rosario Islands today to sit on a beach for the day, with a free lunch thrown in. Those that know me, know that I don’t do beaches. But you could… Read more

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 Cartagena, Colombia   Currently in Cartagena, on the Colombian Caribbean coast cooking quickly in the steamy heat. Can’t begin to tell you how hot and humid it is. Constantly leaking. The last time I felt humidity like this was in Hong Kong. Not the ideal circumstances to be concentrating constantly to… Read more

Monday, 25 February 2019 Cartagena, Colombia   Short 1hr flight to Cartagena. Finally arrived at the Caribbean coast after 65 days of travelling. Couple of days in Cartagena before the next leg of the trip. Central America. So. That’s that. South America. Tick. Read more

Sunday, 24 February 2019 Medellin, Colombia   Medellin. Famous for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Drug Cartel. Was due to visit the area where his house is but the authorities demolished it only two days ago, on Friday. It’s to become a memorial park for all those that were killed by him and his cartel… Read more

Saturday, 23 February 2019 Medellin, Colombia   Not much to report today, dear reader. It’s been a long drive from Pereira to Medellin over the mountains. Only 140miles but taken 7hrs. Leaving the coffee plantations of the Pereira region behind, follow the road to Medellin but after only 1hr have to wait 40mins for roadworks.… Read more

Friday, 22 February 2019 Pereira, Colombia   Am in need of a long, cold beer tonight after I’ve typed this blog. Itinerary says, ‘Take a walk into the cloud forest by the river.’ Reality is an hour’s climb up a chuffing steep hillside to a view point. Having previously stopped at Filandia and climbed a… Read more

Thursday, 21 February 2019 Pereira, Colombia   Short 1hr lunchtime flight from Bogota to Pereira but the temperature increases by 15C and so humid now. Afternoon tour of the Finca del Café coffee plantation. 25 acre coffee plantation in the heart of the Colombian coffee region. Read on, dear reader, you’re going to be educated… Read more