It’s easy to see why people love Guatape so much. And, Colombians LOVE Guatape (they always want to know if you’ve visited and what you thought of it). The tiny town is brimming with color and character (and brimming with folks from Medellin on the weekends!). In the 1960s/70s, the Colombian government flooded some fields to make way for a hydro-electric dam, making...
Traveling these days takes a little extra thought + not just because it’s four of us now! Davis was born at the end of February 2020, just before everything locked down for us where we live. With a newborn + older parents who we relied on to help with the babies, I had the highest anxiety of my life trying to protect everyone + everything. We didn’t see family or...
A little bit South American with a whole lotta Caribbean flavor thrown in for good measure, Cartagena feels like a totally different world than Bogota or Medellin. Behind the stone walls of the seaside city are brightly colored buildings at every cobblestones turn and the most beautiful flowers draping from every single porch. But again: the best part of Colombia is...
We landed in Bogota, Colombia without high expectations. Most travelers to Colombia only pass through Bogota: just landing at its airport and moving on quickly to the coast or to Medellin. There’s good reason for that. Colombia’s coastline is like a whole other culture and the countryside of Colombia is mesmerizing, truly.But there’s reason to spend a few days in...
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Traveling these days takes a little extra thought + not just because it’s 4️⃣ of us now!
Davis was born at the end of February, just before everything locked down for us where we live. With a newborn + older parents who we relied on to help with the babies, I had the highest anxiety of my life trying to protect everyone + everything. We didn’t see family or friends for weeks + months and stayed totally in our quarantine bubble.
Then, a few months ago, our family tested positive. Luckily and thankfully, we experienced very mild symptoms. Despite our already having it, we still want to be safe travelers and not be a burden to the cultures or communities we are visiting. So, even though when we left for Colombia a negative test wasn’t required for entry (it is now.), we all got negative tests just before traveling. Like literally every other person in Colombia, we wear our masks (even if we are walking outside alone- definitely not what’s happening in the US in our experience). We are keeping our distance and trying to keep to ourselves as best we can.
After the PPE + social distancing? What else does travel in 2021 look like? At least in Colombia, every store and /or restaurant takes your temperature before you enter and gives you hand sanitizer. Restaurants seem to be operating normally, although many tables have been removed to comply with social distancing standards. Shops + stores (at least in Colombia, we recognize this is different in other countries) have adopted “pico y cedula” which means that you’re only able to enter on odd days if your passport number ends with an odd number (we’ve found this does or does not apply to tourists based on what city you’re in). Some cities have instituted curfews, but, since we are traveling as a family, even an 8pm curfew doesn’t really affect us 😬. Of course, a full and total lockdown last weekend DID affect us, but we think thats just one of the joys of this pandemic era we're in...
For us, we’ve been blown away by the friendliness and eagerness of the people we’ve encountered. No less than 4 people (tour guide, restaurant waiter, hotel staff, etc.) have thanked us profusely for [continued in comments👇]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/140196375_863373581121410_2889119879125736326_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=ZGAXmes_2ekAX9MZM-U&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=9a98ff5044bffa5f030191e3987e16f1&oe=60D9D930)
