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Dec 23

We took a ‘camper break’ and flew out from Bucaramanga into the jungle of Colombia’s Amazonas region. Four nights overlooking the Amazon river listening to the insect and frog cacophony and feeding bananas to squirrel and black tamarind monkeys.

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Dec 10

A wonderful side trip to a tiny little town called Jordán at the foot of the #chicamochacanyon The view of the river in the way down was stunning. We stayed overnight, it was 30°C in the camper, and then went for a run through the tobacco fields in the morning.

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Nov 23

We’re going for the record of ‘How many Instagram shots can we take of the camper in exactly the same place”. Stuck in Barichara ... again :)

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Nov 18

Hiding in the spikey stuff. This spot affords wonderful views over the mountain opposite accompanied by the cracking sounds of the occasional landslide. We heard the rare noise of the 8ft Penis Owl this morning. More news on that to follow.

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Nov 12

We're back in #Barichara at @guaimarocampsite . Such a lovely spot, the home made bread and wonderful hosts are a bonus! Apparently we are the first overlanders they have seen for a while so we have the place almost to ourselves; only sharing with a lovely volunteer from Venezuela called Carolina.
Here's a pic from just before sunset last night.

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Nov 7

How can you ever get tired of the view from Refugio? The Yoga Room sits right on top of the ridge, affording views all the way down the canyon and climbing park. We have both picked up an injury so we may be heading to the fine folks at @guaimarocampsite for a while. Refugio; Guaimaro .... what choices to have!

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Oct 20

Claire has been desperate to get on. Colombian horse for some time. The Paso Fino horses have a very snappy trot, it looks a bit weird (Google it). This one was kind of half way to a Paso Fino so the search for saddle time continues.

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Oct 15

You can probably expect a few more climbing pics over the next few days :) This canyon is such an amazing location. Hopefully we’ll get to elevate ourselves above the loft heights of ‘total newbies’ by the time we leave.

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Oct 14

Just doing some deals on a pole in the mountains with a dog.

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Oct 8

Even bustling cities like Medellin have some hidden places to camp. Parque La Floresta is a sweet little plaza, with a side road alongside this church. Probably not recommended for noisy weekends but on a weekday, if you get into town late and need a friendly and safe location you could do a lot worse!

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Oct 7

The back roads of Colombia are simply breathtaking. We are in the mountains of Antioquia enjoying the amazing home of @rjstebbings, his menagerie of cats and dogs and the wonderful hospitality of Alcira and her daughter. It’s funny where you end up after posting a random ‘can you give a cat a home’ message in an expat Facebook forum! Thanks Rupert. This place will be forever in our hearts.

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Sep 26

Today marks a special milestone in our travels. 1,000 days on the road. Looking back it's been a crazy collection of stunning locations, amazing people, incredible experiences, highs and lows. For James, one month of that 1,000 days was spent visiting home, staying wth friends and catching up. Claire has spent the full 1,000 days outside of Canada. Most of that time we have spent living in the back of a truck, but we haven't missed the opportunity to make the most of a location (or make lockdown a little more bearable) by renting an AirBNB or a hotel. We also morphed from Overlanders to Backpackers for three weeks when, on the spur of the moment, we decided to add Cuba to the list.⠀
We have visited 13 Countries, driven over 45,000 kilometres and we have stayed at 336 different locations.

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Sep 18

Hopefully the weather will hold out for some climbing today. We plan to be here at @lapenaabejorral for around 4 or so days. Who knows. It was hard to leave last time as this is such a beautiful area.

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Sep 17

With borders still closed we get to enjoy Colombia a little longer and have headed back to @lapenaabejorral ⠀
We loved this place the first time around. A cute little hostal perched on a hillside beneath a great climbing spot. There is a tight 10km trail from the valley bottom that, if you are lucky, is free of buses coming the other way.

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Sep 16

We're really enjoying the Antioquia mountains around Venecia. Beautiful scenery and perfect trails. Thanks to @rjstebbings and family for letting us stay with them.

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Sep 15

- This is Colombia.⠀
We dropped into a small mountain town called Venecia to get some cell signal so we could work. We went early to have lunch. We've literally been here an hour and people have been looking us up on Instagram, three people have offered us a place to stay and a super nice couple tracked us down in a restaurant to come and say hello. #Colombianos te amo!

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Sep 14

Heading up into the hills to deliver our rescue kitten ‘Ocho’ to his new home. Nice to be back on some trails again.

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Sep 10

We are on the road again. For those of you who didn’t know, we now have a kitten in tow. Not entirely planned. We visited this wonderful animal sanctuary on the way to Suesca for some climbing. We had planned to drop him here but that would mean being an indoor cat .... so, we are looking for somewhere else and have a lead for a finca in Medellin. 9 hours in the other direction. Oh, well. We have time!

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Jun 5

From the archives: This shot was taken in Playa de Belen. A sweet, quiet town of permanently whitewashed walls with burgundy trim. The residents are proud of their town and the smell of paint is ever present! We spent a week or so here with @kissmybay before heading south to Bucaramanga.

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May 29

#Nabusimake and it’s idyllic mountain setting offers a travel experience gem at every turn. We found three grubby but smiling faces peering though the undergrowth in a flower filled meadow, clearly keen to see who the white faces were. A massive cultural divide bridged with some smiles and broken Spanish. Never has ‘meeting the locals’ been so extraordinary.

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May 22

Another pic from the archives. An incredible ‘step back in time’ in the Sierra Nevada mountains. We’d spent a day or two in #pueblobello before getting permission to enter the idyllic indigenous Arawak village of #nabusimake
It was closed to ‘outsiders’ but after chatting over lunch with one of the tribe members we were granted an overnight stay with her aunt inside the village. The location, high in the Sierra Nevada, is epically beautiful. Based along a immaculate river the thatched huts and white dressed locals are picture perfect (unfortunately they are not keen on having their picture taken). It really was a holy grail travel moment; an intimate immersion in an ancient culture with little integration with the outside world. Simply stunning. This picture shows one of the Arahuacos installing a new roof on his home.

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