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Final thoughts – of course you can…!

June 15, 2025

During the last years we have travelled extensively by land in our beloved Land Cruiser – climbing mountains and doing other activities along the route. And all this I have done, without any problems, having had diabetes type 1 for 63 years. I will not elaborate beyond simply stating – as I have in the […]

Long distance traveling by land

June 14, 2025

Our experiences on the trip to Patagonia and the route to the North from Montevideo to Cartagena have made us realize that the concept of long distance traveling by land (now called “overlanding”) is a concept in flux. The differences from when we travelled around the world in 2011-12 till now are notable (and in […]

Narcotics-inspection in the port of Baru

June 12, 2025

3 days after leaving the Land Cruiser at the terminal in Varu, we were contacted and picked up by our forwarding agent in Cartagena for the obligatory narcotics inspection. Inside the port-terminal, the owner of each vehicle was instructed to park in a designated area. The vehicles were lined up on the dock, waiting for […]

Hasta la vista Colombia

June 11, 2025

We spent the end of our tour in Varu (some kilometers south of Cartagena) and the last days in an Airbnb in the Crespo-barrio in Cartagena. Before shipping the Land Cruiser from the vehicle-terminal in Baru, we stayed about 12 days at the beach camping “Isla Mar”. First, we were the only ones, but after […]

Drama on route to Barranquilla

June 10, 2025

At this stage, following one of the main roads in the direction of the Caribbean cost, we were several times stopped by locals protesting everything from lack of water to security. At one time, we were stopped by a large group of mainly men (some quite young) with stick in their hands forcing us to […]

Who needs a ferry?

June 7, 2025

On route fromSanta Fe de Antioquia in the direction of Mutata we were impressed, as we started out in the morning, with the nice road and the beautiful winding Magdalena River following the valley. It also struck us, that there was suspiciously little traffic… no cars on regular weekday. And soon we found out why. […]

Jerico to Jardin

June 4, 2025

The next day we decided to follow a dirt road from Jerico to Jardin. On the way out of Jerico we consulted a local police officer, who confirmed that the road in principle was open. He also recommended “not to stop anywhere” along the route… Well, nice to know… and we assumed, as is quite […]

Inside the “bubble”

May 22, 2025

After spending days in the Sierra Nevada wilderness, we were offered the opportunity to spend some days at a private resort close to Santa Marta. As we arrived, we ate some lunch in the heat of a restaurant just behind the resort, while still waiting for keys and green light for entering the parking with […]

Granja Cinduli, Sierra Nevada

May 17, 2025

While at the coast of Northern Colombia (north of Santa Marta) at Palomino staying at a out of season beach camping site (we were the only campers for several days), we decided that we wanted to visit Sierra Nevada. We considered doing the 5-day hike to Ciudad Perdida, but we frankly neither liked the price […]

“Coffee” action and reaction

May 3, 2025

Based on recommendations from one of Mona’s relatives, who also gave us lodging, good conversations and joyful company for some days in Armenia (Tuto and Sandra and all the dogs and cats – hello, you know the story 😉), we enjoyed a very nice route crossing Colombia’s coffee growing region. Being able to take it […]