Minca was meant to be a footnote in our travels to Colombia. I’d read a few nice things about it being a cute but tiny backpacker destination in the mountains near Santa Marta. It ended up being a highlight of our trip and we enjoyed it so much we went back for a second day. […]
Read more "Colombia Part 3: Minca in the mountains"After a couple of nights “roughing” it in a hostel, I’d booked us 4 nights at Hotel Boutique Don Pepe in downtown Santa Marta. (pro tip: the week night rates were significantly cheaper than the weekend rates) The hotel was incredibly romantic and featured only 12 rooms, each named after a family member of Don […]
Read more "Colombia Part 2: Santa Marta"After taking an entire year off traveling 😱, Ryan and I were ready for some adventure. Usually this means a surf trip somewhere tropical- in fact we were about to pull the trigger on some plane tickets to Ecuador right before a heavy dose of life intervened. Unfortunately Ryan’s shoulders were not quite recovered enough for […]
Read more "Seeking Adventure in Colombia – Part 1: Rodadero"I haven’t written in more than a year because I wasn’t sure where to start. Last December, on his 35th birthday, my superman husband Ryan woke in the night with a pain radiating from his shoulders down his arms that took his breath away. The pain was so sudden and severe that we visited the […]
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