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right Columbia travel tips I've done two
trips in Colombia this one I'm on my
final day it's been a month and a couple
of years ago I traveled for almost two
months in Colombia So based on this let
me give you a little bit of a device
my first tip is not to underestimate the
size of Colombia if you compare to other
destinations for example Costa Rica it's
like 10 times bigger than Costa Rica
so when you're looking at a map and
you're creating a travel route keep that
in mind because you may think I'll just
go from Santa Marta in the north to
Bogota in the center another SketchUp
bus and it'll be easy that's a 22 hour
bus so this is a big country there are
two ways to deal with this one is to
think of your travel route in terms of
clusters so if you have two weeks to
spend maybe you just want to stick to
one region that reduces the overall
travel time spent and you'll have more
time to enjoy the country the other way
to deal with it is to take flights
domestic flights are actually quite
cheap in Colombia check out the budget
carriers that are here because there are
some really good deals out there I
normally don't like to fly around
everywhere that's not my style but in
Colombia you may find it useful to still
take a domestic flight every now and
then
secondly don't feel obligated to do the
same itinerary that is on every travel
blog it's it's very noticeable on forums
and Reddit and other places that
everyone just adds the same five or six
places to their travel and it's a shame
because Colombia has so many places to
go like I feel overwhelmed and I've been
to a lot of places in Colombia and I
still am like oh my God there's so much
to see so uh you know you can feel free
to be a little bit more creative and
create a different route that maybe
appeals to your specific interests
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difficult is amazing and underrated
there are so many nice places in the
coffee region besides solento and yeah
it's worth being a little bit more
creative and trying out maybe the second
category of locations that are known but
maybe are not among the first three or
four places that everyone goes
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be sure to pack for every type of
weather if you think of Colombia maybe
you think of the tropics and like nice
beaches with dry weather very hot that
can be the case especially in the north
however there are so many different
ecosystems in this country that you're
also going to have lots of different
types of weather
the Pacific coast is one of the wettest
places on Earth
deep mountains can be very cold I went
to Los Nevados National Park and
actually there let me take up this silly
Pancho
uh up there actually it was super
freezing so I was there just for one day
so I just layered up everything I had I
had a hoodie and some long sleeves and I
tried to wrap up as much as I could but
it was so cold and luckily we went to
your thermal bath at the end of that day
so I I could heat up a little bit at the
end but if you plan to do trekking
through the mountains be sure to bring
some warm clothing because it will get
cold
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all right when it comes to Colombia we
have to talk about safety a little bit
now of course we have the general ones
would say that most areas of Colombia
are as safe or safer than other
countries in South or Central America if
you are comfortable with traveling in
Peru or Ecuador Costa Rica then you
should be comfortable with traveling in
Colombia as well I think people have a
lot of outdated associations with
Colombia that are no longer correct of
course it doesn't mean that a crime
doesn't happen here so read about
general safety tips for travelers in
general if you are not an experienced
traveler you should know about these
tips and look them up and look up safety
information about Columbia in particular
so that you are well informed but keep
in mind this when you look up safety
information of course that information
has to be complete because these people
or these bloggers or these authorities
they don't know what you're going to do
in Colombia so you might do some crazy
stuff so they have to say do this don't
do that don't go to this region and list
it all out and it's if you read a list
like that you might get the impression
that Columbia is a terrifying place but
it's not make sure that you balance the
safety information with the knowledge
that Colombia the areas that you want to
go to as a tourist or driver is very
safe okay this is not just based on my
trips but on conversations I've had with
locals and people who live here the
cities can be a little bit different
so some of the Cities require a little
bit of extra care and awareness the way
to deal with this is just to be informed
and just ask people are there
neighborhoods in the city that I
shouldn't go to also nightlife requires
a little bit more care I think because
people get drunk and you know there's
some other other asterisks there
in terms of regions in Colombia there
are some regions that have a worse
reputation for safety but here's the
twist you're not going to go there like
who is going to go to the border with
Venezuela where all the Smugglers are
and where all the warnings are saying
that you can go the places that people
go are the places that get recommended
travel guides that people tell each
other about that are on the tourist
Trail that's where you're gonna go and
those places are way safer than the
specific areas that they mentioned like
by the borders like certain regions I
would say do inform yourself a little
bit of course don't be naive and
everything hopefully like that as a
balance take that I can give you my next
tip relates to this topic a little bit
which is to download The Right healing
apps that are popular in Colombia this
will enable you to travel safely inside
the cities they're always warned not to
take on official taxis take official
taxis if you can or use the right
handling app which is the safest way for
inner city travel on the topic of apps
sure to use WhatsApp there's a lot of
touring agencies for instance or
accommodations they can be very easily
reached on WhatsApp so I've sometimes
tried calling them or like sending an
email and they don't respond but if you
add them on WhatsApp you can just open a
chat you say hey are you doing the hike
tomorrow or whatever they'll very
quickly be able to give you an answer so
WhatsApp is actually a really nice tool
to use in Colombia to plan your next
steps
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all right if you want to eat cheaply eat
well then it is worth looking forward
which is a set meal that you can often
find for lunch which involves a soup a
main and usually a lemonade or some kind
of fruit juice and this is really good
value usually around 10 000 pesos and
it's pretty delicious let me similar to
note you can use the bakeries really
well if you're on a budget I'm not
really not about to go on this trip but
still the bakeries are really good and
for very little money you can get lots
of delicious things I had one coffee
bread with like jam and some cake as
well and it cost like a thousand pesos
which is like 25 cents basically so you
can fill up pretty well for very little
money
my final tip for traveling in Colombia
is to enjoy it but to have some patience
because not everything will always be
fast or not everything will always be
efficient now this point gets
exaggerated sometimes a little bit when
I say I'm in South America everything is
and everything is slow
it's kind of true but actually on this
trip at least in terms of Transportation
everything has been pretty efficient
like I just arrived at the bus stop and
within 10 minutes I've got my next bus
but uh yeah there's always a chance of
things not happening exactly the way you
expect them so on this trip for example
I went to a region it had a lot of
mudslides and such and there was a lot
of road work so I ended up having some
pretty significant delays
and now apparently the road is closed
and the way to do it here is they close
the road for two hours one way and then
closes for two hours the other way so we
may be stuck here for two hours waiting
for this road to open oh and my
connecting flash that I had in mind if
someone advised me in the town
Apparently that is not going to happen
that doesn't exist so to travel to a
further City and then go all the way
back up again so today is going to be
the least efficient route that I've
taken in a long long time it's gonna
take a whole day when on the map as the
crow flies it is basically three hours
are a lot of vultures here in these
trees around us
maybe they're waiting for us to die of
hunger as we wait for this bus to go
also when I arrived in Medellin it
turned out like all the public
transportation was just in chaos it
turned out I was there on the day of the
Virgin Carmen which is the patron saint
of Transportation which meant that on
that day all the bus drivers were like
too busy zigzagging across the road and
honking and shooting off fireworks from
the bus to actually get people where
they want to be in any kind of
reasonable time when when there are
delays just gonna take that as part of
traveling in South America I would just
say that maybe if you have a flight or
something something really important
put a bit of extra time there to make
sure uh you know you can you can cope
with the delay
those were my 10 tips for traveling in
Colombia if you want inspiration for
your trip to Colombia check out my blog
and check out my channel for lots of
travel ideas for Colombia All Right ciao
for now
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