Category: Travel
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With our next few stops, we took it easy again. First, we went to the touristy and busy city of Santa Marta. We explored the different culinary offers, strolled through the town center, and chilled at the pool of our hostel. After a couple of days, we moved on to a place that was the…
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After Baños, we went to Quito again to board a plane to Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. Knowing little about it we probably expected a second Medellín, but oh boy, we were wrong. In difference to Medellín and Quito, which are tugged between mountains, Bogotá lies on a spacious plain. This reflects itself in architecture…
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We are sitting in the backyard of a cute cafe, surrounded by greenery, and enjoy cappuccinos and a delicious passion fruit cheesecake. The sun is shining but it’s not too hot. We are relaxed and are looking forward to our time in the adventure town Baños and in particular flying in this spectacular landscape with…
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We are at 5000 meters at the glacier line of the volcano Cotopaxi, while plumes of grey smoke erupt into the sky. We are simply standing there and taking in the unreal scene. After driving up 1400m and hiking another 800m of altitude in loose lava sand and across boulders and rubble, we are feeling…
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After our jungle trip in the Cuyabeno nature reserve, we originally planned to go directly to Baños, an adventure town with paragliding spots. On the evening before, though, we got the message that the laptop repair is finished. Since we wanted to continue writing our blog as soon as possible, we went to Quito instead.…
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For the first time on our trip, we left civilization far behind. With a group of people and local guides, we explored the Amazon, specifically the Cuyabeno nature reserve in Ecuador. Getting to our accommodation was already part of the journey because we had to take one of the boats that are used to traverse…
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We arrived in Ecuador beginning of April and went straight to Ibarra. The city is close to the Colombian border and situated in the Andean highlands, the so-called Sierra, close to the two volcanoes Imbabura (4630m) and Cotocachi (4944m). The whole Sierra consists of two mountain ranges including more than 20 volcanoes (out of a…
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When we were heading to Santa Elena (Piedechinche), we knew where to stay for a long time already, namely since our time in Costa Rica. That’s where we met Adam, a paraglider from Sweden who is working in Norway and spends half of the year in Colombia. His girlfriend Valentina is running an AirBnB in…
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Roldanillo is famous around the world as an awesome paragliding spot. The climate and terrain provide plenty of opportunities for long cross-country flights along the Cauca Valley. Easy transportation and low prices round up the package. Roldanillo was also part of the Paragliding World Cup 2011, 2012, 2017, and 2022 which boosted its popularity so…
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I’m typing this post from Santa Elena which is located in the paragliding paradise Cauca Valley. I want to take you back about a month, though, and share more about our time in Jardín. As mentioned in our last post, we’ve spent about a week there (our longest stay till that point) and used the…
