Medellín

A few weeks ago, we made use of another opportunity to travel to Colombia, when a conference which Patricia was invited to speak at coincided with the Fiestas Patrias National Holiday in Chile. This meant that the country pretty much shut down for a whole week, which made it easier to escape form our work commitments for a few extra days.

The Cordillera Blanca, Peru (part 2)

Once we were back from our Santa Cruz Trek, we had a few days left in Huaraz, which we spent recovering/relaxing in town and going on a couple of day-trips: 

The Cordillera Blanca, Peru (part 1)

Travelling back from Bogotá, where Patricia had attended a conference recently, we made a stop-over in Peru instead of heading back directly to Santiago. For a while now, we've been wanting to visit the Cordillera Blanca, last year we nearly made it… but then Patricia started a new job and the plans were shelved.

Bogotá

Patricia had to go to a conference in Bogotá recently, and since we hadn´t been there before we decided to travel together and spend a couple of extra days to explore the city. Colombia is quite a way from Chile (i.e. a 6 hour flight), so after all these years in South America it was only our second brief visit to this beautiful and diverse country.