Jewel of the Sierra Nevada Minca the town was always a mystery to me. “Very popular with backpackers”. “Lots of foreigners”. “Instagram influencers’ paradise”. This is what I’d mostly been hearing about Minca. These are the type of commentaries that make me run fast in the opposite direction! When I travel, I usually prefer a …
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Colombia
Part 3 I haven’t written in more than a month. March 12th to be precise. A lot has happened since then, to put it lightly. But now I am back to chronicling my 9 months away from home, during the months of June through February. The last article “The Journey Begins” chronicled my whirlwind tours …
La Ciudád Perdida
“The Lost City” June 23-26, 2019 La Ciudád Perdida, Colombia After a few days of recuperation in Medellín from my whirlwind tour of Santiago, Valparaiso, Viña del Mar & the Atacama Desert (Chile), Uyuni Salt Flats & Death Road (Bolivia) and Arequipa & Colca Canyon (Peru), I was to tackle the Lost City hike all …