In many ways rural Colombia reminded me of Africa, and shows that in a country that in many ways seems very developed that there is still a population living in very real poverty and a high level of wealth inequality between the cities and the countryside. The view from Castillo San Felipe de Barajas Some of these were more elaborate, plastered and painted at the front, with additional sections, front walls and gardens, but many were basic 5m by 3m boxes that had obviously been put up purely to provide a roof over the owners heads. There were miles and miles of simple, often unfinished, terracotta brick or concrete box houses with corrugated tin roofs on small, sometimes rubbish strewn, plots opening onto unpaved roads.
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Looking out of our windows on the journey we saw our first taste of poor rural Colombia. Our journey to Cartagena was on a tourist transfer bus that picked us up from La Brisa Loca, made a couple of quick stops then headed to Cartagena.
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The guy who checked us in spoke perfect English and quickly gave us a full brief on what we should do in Salento.Ĭontinue reading “Riding Willys in the Rain and Playing with Gunpowder – Salento” Author Chris Greenwood Posted on 7th October 2015 12th January 2016 Categories Colombia, Travel Tags BetaTown, Brunch, Cocora Valley, Coffee, Cuidad de Segorbe, La Eliana, Salento, Tejo, Wax Palms 3 Comments on Riding Willys in the Rain and Playing with Gunpowder – Salento Cartagena – Our Last Taste of the Caribbean
Twenty minutes later they arrived at our place and checked in after us. We mentioned that we were considering a direct taxi and they immediately jumped at the chance, cutting our cost in half! We’d pre-booked a hostel, El Ciudad de Segorbe, for our stay in Salento but the other guys hadn’t so once we arrived they headed off to look at the options. We were just debating what to do when an English couple, looking equally confused asked us if we wanted to share a taxi to the bus station. There were only three buses a day and every source of bus times had contradicted each other so we knew that there may be a long wait for a bus. Once we arrived in Pereira we had to decide whether to catch a taxi straight to Salento or to get a taxi to the bus station followed by a local bus.
The flight to Pereira was delayed by an hour but otherwise uneventful. I’m actually writing this now from a hammock in the middle of the Ecuadorian rainforest where the nearest internet access is a 4km walk away in the nearest town! Anyway hopefully I’ll be able to publish this soon as I have a huge post on the Quilotoa loop nearly ready to publish after this one! In the meantime the story continues with us leaving Cartagena in Colombia… Unfortunately a combination of poor Internet and a lack of time have made getting things published quite difficult. In the intervening time we’ve made it to Ecuador, walked the Quilotoa loop and started our four week Spanish course.
Hi all, the below happened about three weeks ago.
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