Salento

I have spent the last few days staying at a hostel call the "Plantation House" at Salento, in the coffee growing region in Colombia. This area like the South of Colombia is lush, green surrounded by rolling hills. I came here to relax, visit coffee plantations and do some hike around the area. However October and November is the rainy season, so I have been wet more then once.

Yesterday I went hiking to see the world's tallest palm tree, known as the Wax Palm. It is impressive all right, reaching up to 70 metres they outgrow everything around them.

But by the time we got back to town we were all pretty soaked. This weather according to Tim the owner of our hostel, is the wettest of the wet season he has seen in the 4 years he has lived here!

Thanks for checking Marcus - I am still alive, it is just that fast Internet haven't been easy to come by in the small towns that I have been visiting, so will post more updates and pictures when I get to Bogota for the weekend! :)