Capital: Bogota

Language: Spanish

Currency: Colombian Peso

Do Indians need visa pre-arrival: Yes but substituted with a valid C or D visa issued by a Schengen Area member state or a valid permit (with 180 days left) issued by the US (except for C1 transit visas).

Places I Visited:
• Cali- walking in the streets and learning salsa, it was such a lovely experience.
• Medellin- visiting Guatapae, outstanding street arts, getting on a cable car, walking in the city, excellent nightlife.
• San Andres- tiny island magnificent beaches, doing beach activities.

At the border of Peru, we met a Swedish guy who was traveling to Colombia. After emigration and immigration in Colombia, I took a bus to Cali, Colombia.

In Cali, I stayed for two days and took some salsa lessons, walked around the city and partied.

From Cali, I took a night bus to Medellin. I stayed in Medellin for 2 weeks where I did a lot of crazy stuff. I met Canadians, Brazilians, Austrians, Swiss, Americans and lot of other people.

We had the very best of fun. We went on a day trip to Guatape, with my Canadian, Brazilian and Austrian friends. this was a fun, and in later days we also did party van, cable car tour, and late-night walks in the city. We even rented a car and went for a long day ride with Canadian, Austrian and American friends. We even visited soccer game on some evening. We partied almost every night.

With some local people and American friends in Medellian

street in Guatape

The Hill we hiked in the Guatape

From top of the hill

My Canadian friend and I had nothing to do one morning; we decided to book a ticket for the evening flight to San Andres. On getting to San Andres, we didn’t book our stay in the island we took a taxi to one hostel, and they were fully booked. We sourced for more, found one, and booked it.

The next day while playing at the beach, we met a stranger who suggested we should go to a boat party at night, he told us it would be fun. We bought our tickets from him and went back to the hostel.

Clear water in San Andres

In the evening we met a German guy in the hostel we told him we are going to boat party and he requested to join us.

It was a troll party; it was a shitty party where everyone was like 50+. We had few drinks after that upset night, and we all went back to our hostel.

The next I was beginning to feel bored, I surfed through the net for the cheapest flights to go around then found a flight for Aruba. I ask my Canadian friend if he would like to join me; he agreed, and we booked a flight for the next day and flew to Aruba.

That completed my 3.5 months trip in South America.