https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:45:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/the-days-in-colombia/ Mon, 30 Oct 2017 02:25:36 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=24277   October 29th, 2017 This post is bittersweet; we have LOVED our time in Colombia and would come back if the road leads us back in this direction.  We have rarely met such a lovely group of people; so friendly, helpful and curious about their visitors.  Colombia, you hold a special place in our hearts […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/westward-to-tierradentro-popayan-col/ Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:24:35 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=24270     October 18th, 2017 We drove from Florencia to Tierradentro (an archeological park), through the small city of La Plata. It was 212 km/130m but it was slow going near La Plata and then again shortly after. We did stop for supplies in Florencia, met Joe & Josée on the road (by chance) once […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/tatacoa-desert-cano-cristales-col/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 19:36:08 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=24002   October 6th, 2017 We drove through the city of Neiva enroute to Tatacoa, stopped for groceries and continued on. We next stopped just inside the desert at the Observatory to check out times for the night viewing of the stars and got to the camping area where we met an Austrian couple, Anton & […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/exploring-the-coffee-region-col/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 19:54:32 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=23790   September 22, 2017 Upon arriving back at Al Bosque Hostel, we unpacked and put away (not a quick task!) and the next morning we left. Tigger had been here for eight weeks total – five without us. Tigger started on the first try and off we went. As many of you know who have […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/vacay-back-to-gringoland/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 21:00:39 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=23626 August 18th, 2017 We prepped Tigger for our long departure from Colombia – five weeks – Tigger will be staying at Al Bosque Hostel outside Medellin where we’ve been parked for over three weeks already. Daniel, one of the owners of the hostel drove us to the Medellin airport to catch a flight to Cartagena […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/city-of-pablo-escobar-medellin-col/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:19:21 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=23419   July 25th We made our way to the Rio Claro Nature Reserve and camped at a private home on the river that has a snack bar and offers camping at the riverside. The reason there is a snack bar here is that the rafting trips on the Rio Claro end here so they cater […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/colombias-capital-bogota/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 01:47:46 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=23347   July 19th We got back into Tigger and drove up higher into the mountains up to over 3000 m before descending into Tunja at 2800m where Fran again had to go to a Tigo store as she was again receiving messages that her phone was not registered!!!!!! After which we hit a large supermarket […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/canyons-and-colonial-towns-col/ Sun, 09 Jul 2017 02:43:33 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=23246   July 8th Our destination on this Saturday afternoon, was a campsite overlooking a canyon and just past the entrance to the national park Chicomochi, so we stopped at the park first to check it out first. There was a fee to park (and parking was made difficult by non-thinking staff who sent us down the wrong […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/mompox-to-bucaramanga-col/ Sun, 02 Jul 2017 20:41:40 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=23137   July 2nd Sunday morning we were up and at ‘em and out of our hotel and parking spot in Valledupar by 8ish. Our destination today was Mompox, a little city that used to be quite a going concern that is in the middle of the Rio Magdalena Valley right on the river. It is […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/adventure-to-the-top-of-south-america/ Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:24:26 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=23028     June 27th We got an early start out of San Martin and drove along the coast northward. We are now in La Guajira province which borders northwestern Venezuela – this means cheaper gasoline! It is brought across the border [not sure if it’s all done legally or not ;-)]. We need to bring […]]]>