NOTE: This story contains movies and photos.  We hope you have sufficient internet service to load and enjoy the bright colors.  Be patient and sip a cup of Colombian coffee while they download! We were driving fast to get to Medellin by a deadline.  The past few blog posts have shared information with you about … More Colombia- Medellin, a very walkable city in recovery!

The Rio Magdalena is the longest river in Colombia. This river supports thousands of villages through fishing and agriculture.  It produces hydroelectric power for many Colombians.  It is navigable in many places.  And we needed to use this river to access the destination of Mompox. We waited on the side of a dusty road with … More Colombia- Mompox and vicinity.

I seldom dedicate an entire post to just one topic or place.  But Gramalote is an unsual exception, as it demonstrated the amazing destructive power of Mother Nature.   (Caution: Spoiler alert……there are graphic photos of human bones in this post.  Proceed at your own risk.) We arrived here at sunset after a very long … More Colombia- Gramalote ruins; the bones of natural disaster!

After the fun of the Central American Games in Barranquilla we took some time to explore the area known as Norte Santander.  This region is a blend of high deserts and mountains filled with many small villages.  The region extends all the way to the Venezuelan border and we explored to within three miles of … More Colombia- The estoraques (hoodoos) and Norte Santander.

Our loop around the Sierra Nevada was completed quickly in order to make a deadline in the beautiful city of Barranquilla.  We wanted to watch the finals of the wrestling at the Central American Games 2018.  Happily, we made it in time! We had previously made contact with a man named Ito that lives in … More Colombia- Barranquilla and the Central American Games

We left the Colombian coastline and went towards and then around the mountains. The scenery and terrain looked very similar to our old, familiar home of Kino Bay, Mexico.  A blend of sand, mesquite trees and desert plants.  Then we started to climb into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains.  This area is known … More Colombia- Up the Guajira and around the Sierra Nevada mountains. (Puppy delivery)

After picking up our truck/house from the port in Cartagena, and retrieving our stolen stairs from the neighborhood riff-raff we were ready to start exploring the country.  Our first direction would be NORTH!  We would work our way as far North in Colombia as we could stand.  This area is hot with bad roads and … More Colombian coastal exploration-

In the last story we gave you some details about our shipping process to get the truck around the Darien Gap.  We loaded our house on a cargo ship in Colon, Panama and sent it to the port of Cartagena in Colombia.    Then the three of us boarded a plane and flew to Cartagena.   It … More Colombia- Did the truck make it to South America? We did!

We visited the country of Panama in May when our family was here.  At that time we stopped a few places and spent a few days truly exploring the incredible Panama Canal.   You can read all about that here (a new window will open) and see some great images of Panama. Then we returned to … More Panama- a second visit