A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Cartagena de Indias, Colombia by TravelPod blogger Ramblingrover titled "Coffee time" Ramblingrover’s travel blog entry: "SUMMARY Crossing the country in an X formation I saw lots of variety in landscape and people - from Leticia (jungle), Cartagena (colonial city by the sea), Santa Marta (access point for Ciudad Perdida [the Machu Picchu equivalent in Colombia]), Bogotá (the capital), San Agustin & Tierradentro (archaeological sites) and Ipiales (border to Ecuador with an interesting cathedral). The trek to Ciudad Perdida proved to be far more interesting than the jungle trip in Peru and the country as a whole was just fantastic. ************************************************************ ****** Once upon a time way back when my trip was a mere scribble on a piece of paper, Colombia wasn't part of the plan. "Me Ma" gave me full permission to go solo if, and only if, Colombia didn't feature on the list of places to go. Oops! Although it only appeared on my map as a last minute thing I was thinking about visiting it from the very start (I just didn't tell "Me Ma" this!). I asked everyone I met who had been there what they thought of it and all reports, bar one, came in positive and so I decided I was going. After catching the fast boat from Iquitos (Peru) to the triborder frontier of Brazil, Peru and Colombia I ended up in the jungle town of Leticia. Despite all reassurances from fellow travellers that it is a great ...