Author Archives: Amelia Wiggins

This morning, we woke up at 5am, as we planned to catch the 5:30 Jeep to the trailhead. We are going to be hiking about 7 hours through a national park, and the main attraction is the Cocoa Valley. This valley is home to extremely tall palm trees that look otherworldly. The rest of theContinue reading “Salento”

This morning, we made our way to the main park in El Poblado to catch our day tour to Guatapé. The big attraction here is an enormous rock protruding from the earth, which has a whopping 700 stairs to climb in order to get to the top. I thought we were done hiking? Haha. Never.Continue reading “Guatapé Day Tour”

Today, our main objective is to take a walking tour of Comuna 13 in the western part of Medellín. This community was the most dangerous place in the city 20 years ago and arguably the most dangerous community in the world. Contrary to popular belief, this was not in any way related to Pablo Escobar,Continue reading “Comuna 13”

We woke up at our normal time, around 7am, since our flight wasn’t until 10:45. Nice! It feels great not waking up in the dark for an early departure. Hehe. Dana and I had some morning java and we got a bit of work done before packing up and tidying the apartment before check out. Continue reading “Medellín”

Good morning, Cartagena! Today we decided to take it more leisurely and not put a set time on our departure from the apartment. Our main plan is to check out the Getsemani neighborhood, which is famous for all of its street art, and to revisit some places in the walled city we didn’t get toContinue reading “Cartagena, Part II”

We landed in Cartagena, Colombia! Another dream come true! I’ve heard so many excellent things about Cartagena, and I’ve been itching to go for a while now, and I’m so glad we worked it into this trip! After El Salvador, we were supposed to go to Nicaragua, but it ended up being too complicated, lol.Continue reading “Cartagena, baby!”

Oh boy oh boy! Today we get to fly to a new country! And it’s new for all three of us, too! I am beyond excited to see this mystery country, as it’s been on my list for a while, but, this bed we have at the hotel in San Salvador is SUPER comfortable, IContinue reading “Travel Day”

Today, we woke up and went straight to the breakfast that was included in our hotel. So good! Beans, eggs, plantains, cheese, and tamales. Oh, and of course, coffee!  We had time after breakfast to get some “work” done and make some plans for our next steps. That time passed by quickly, and Edgardo arrivedContinue reading “El Salvador Part 2”

We woke up early so that we could snag some breakfast at the hostel. I was expecting the somewhat traditional hostel breakfast of some white toast, a couple of jars of jam, peanut butter and if we are lucky, Nutella. At least that is what I’ve seen when I’ve stayed at hostels in the past.Continue reading “El Salvador”

We woke up early this morning in order to get to the ruins right when they opened, all of us tired after having a rest day and staying up later than usual. Oh well, time for some coffee and leftover baleadas, heheh. We totally took those home with us! We got ready quickly, preparing forContinue reading “Copán Ruins”