Archive for September, 2018
Holiday in Colombia (8): Medellin
September 3rd, 2018 by Roger Darlington
Today (Sunday) was devoted to a tour of Medellin which is Colombia’s second city with a population of 3.4 million. Thanks to its location at 1,500 metres (5,000 feet) in the Aburra valley, it is known as “the city of the eternal spring” and the weather today was comfortably warm. Sadly Medellin is best known […]
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Holiday in Colombia (7): Pereira to Medellin
September 2nd, 2018 by Roger Darlington
The next stage of our holiday in Colombia was a transfer from Pereira to Medellin. Now, as the crow (or, in this case, the condor) flies, the distance between these two cities is similar to that between Bogotá and Pereira. Howev er, Cox & Kings had decided that, while the journey to Pereira should be […]
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Holiday in Colombia (6): Cocora Valley
September 1st, 2018 by Roger Darlington
Today we visited three locations in the Cocora Valley located just south of the city of Pereira. We set off at 9 am and returned to the hotel about 6.30 pm, so it was quite a long day but an immensely enjoyable one without too much time in the coach. The first visit was to […]
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