Coveñas

Yes, yes and yes…back to the beach and the ocean. To breathe again. No matter how much I have come to enjoy the mountains and the bush there is still this deep connection we have with the ocean that is irreplaceable. And the water here! I think I have never felt the water so hot! It is impossible to refresh yourself! Coveñas is a laid-back beach town, or at least laid back during the off season which suits always perfect to us as we can have water views from our windows and sleep with the beautiful sound of waves. And I am glad no one is here as the furthes we move to the north the more touristic the places are the less friendly people have become. Not here, we were welcomed by everyone.

Cartagena

The really impressive things about this city is the fortress that rounds the old town that looks like Disney, the contrast between the really rich and the really poor and the suffocating heat that doesn’t give you a rest day or night. The first time we visited the old town was very surprising. As we entered the walled city a different place opened up to us. It looked magic and it was late in the afternoon and a Saturday! Lots of locals were around, a huge music festival taking place. Perfect! We also did very nice bike rides and others not that nice going back and forward to the shipping agent. It was great that it give us the possibility to really explore the city and really there is no much prettiness to see. The nice area, the rich area, the touristic area. The promenade, the shopping, the tall and new buildings…same same same

We stayed on the beach, of course. But this time with so many other travellers. El Laguito has become a mix of a stopover, permanent or quasi permanent place to rest for gypsies. A place to wait for the crossing to Panama, a "going back point" for travellers from South-America that are not crossing,  a place for a good mate, nice chats, interesting people, gather information

Tyrona National park

A week after arriving in Australia, after knowing that Salsolcito has arrived well in Panama and Hector was on his ways, I finally relax and it daunt on me that I have left Colombia and with that the South American leg. Ugh. A sense of emptiness and fulfilment at the same time. I feel so sad. All the pictures of this so loved and so mistreated continent. We had been so blessed by its people, their sound, their colors, their food, their welcoming, their warmth. Never ever we felt uncomfortable, unsafe, not loved. And the nature, the incredible nature that is so imposing. The Uyuni salt lake in Bolivia, the Amazon trip in Peru, the whole Patagonia experience with the rawness, Torres del Paine, Flying above the Nazca lines, beaches for ever in Brasil, Chapada Diamantina , Machu Pichu and the Incas trial, the volcanoes in Ecuador, el Colca trial and the sunrise with the condors, our friends coming and going, our little hidden treasure the 9 Cascades in Naranjales, San Pedro de Atacama desert, Tyrona national park, the Seven Lakes in south of Argentina and Huamuaca Cerro de los 7 colores, Cabo Polonio in Uruguay and the town of Colonia, Mendoza (all of it!), cute little towns around the Eje Cafetero. We lived so much, we enjoyed so much, we immersed so much…for ever in our hearts!