Now that I’m back to the amusement park called Netherlands, when I tell people I’ve spent almost 3 months in Colombia the first questions I get are about safety. Did you feel unsafe? How dangerous really is? Did you have scary moments? First of all, I consider myself fortunate as I didn’t had any real bad… Continua a leggere Feeling unsafe in Colombia?
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5 days in the jungle, hiking Ciudad Perdida, Colombia
The Ciudad Perdida (Lost city) has an history interesting enough to make me hike for 5 days in the rain forest. And I never did an hike longer than few hours before in my life. This pre-Colombian settlement of the Tayrona people, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains surrounding the city of Santa Marta, Colombia, was unknown… Continua a leggere 5 days in the jungle, hiking Ciudad Perdida, Colombia
My Travel Guide to Bolaven Plateau, Laos
Last week I extensively reported my six days of motorbiking around the Bolaven Plateau area in the south of Laos. Here is my mini-guide for anyone interested in exploring this off the beaten path area of South-East Asia (I promise, I won’t say off the beaten path anymore in this post). The Map Our stages… Continua a leggere My Travel Guide to Bolaven Plateau, Laos
Bolaven Plateau loop day 6: From Paksong to Pakse
The last day of our Bolaven Plateau loop was a splurging day: fruity coffee, burn coffee, good coffee and kopi luwak coffee were the highlight of the day, topped by excellent Vietnamese food and a pizza. The 5th and last day of our loop won’t be remembered for the road trip. The last 50km, from… Continua a leggere Bolaven Plateau loop day 6: From Paksong to Pakse
Bolaven Plateau loop day 5: From Attapeu to Paksong
First the smell of the trucks leaving Attapeu, then the smoke from the fires that seem everywhere in this season, and finally the dust of the road under construction while we’re hunting for waterfalls, today has been definitely the dirtier of the Bolaven Plateau loop! In between an Internet fix and another Vietnamese coffee, we… Continua a leggere Bolaven Plateau loop day 5: From Attapeu to Paksong