A blog by Brett & Emma of Havlu on their lives and travels
Well the infamous family holiday is over. A nice relaxing week in sunny Tasmania, YEAH RIGHT!!!!!! We decided to fly direct to Hobart, grab a car and head north along…
The trains in India are overwhelming but really convenient and a welcome change to transport after spending so much time on buses through South America. We had no clue on…
After spending a lovely, relaxing 10 days in London with family to organise our visa to India we boarded an 8 hour over night destined for Delhi, India! We fell…
It is definitely difficult to pick the most beautiful town in Colombia. The whole country is oozing with beautiful scenery, towns and destinations but when Barichara was named the most…
If you want a shorter summary about the costs and so forth head to the end.We booked a private shuttle from Cartagena to Santa Marta for 42,000 COP with Mar…
We flew into Cartagena, the flights were cheaper than a bus and only took us 1 hour, instead of the overnight bus we would have had to take from Medellin.…
Medellin..... Best know for being one of the most dangerous and violent cities in the world when the Pablo Escobar drug wars overtook the city. Nowadays it has come a…
If you want to keep enjoying coffee once you return to your home country, I would suggest staying clear of Colombian coffee.Out of the 5 top listed coffee producers in…
As we had been told that crossing the border into Colombia from Ecuador late in the afternoon is not ideal, we headed off relatively early from Quito. We caught a…
We had been looking forward to visiting the Galápagos Islands for months. We had decided early in our travels that a good chunk of our travel budget would end up…