San Gil would have had plenty of further activities on offer, to keep us busy for another couple of days – however as usual with this kind of tour, we were on the move again – heading all the way to Santa Marta in the Caribbean today.

We started in the morning with a 110km drive from San Gil to the airport of Bucaramanga; en-route we passed through Chicamocha National Park with its stunning views. We also had a stop for about half an hour in the small town of Girón, to take in some more beautiful colonial architecture. A further 20 minute drive finally got us to the airport, where we boarded an on-time flight back to Bogotá.

We were using Bogotá as a connection point only this time, so just enough time for a quick lunch and change to another plane – at least that’s what we were expecting. After boarding of the second plane everything looked normal – until things turned slow on the apron and we returned back to the stand … in the end maintenance had to come and fix something and we were finally on our way to Santa Marta with a two hours delay.