Day 290: A spotter’s guide to empanadas
Overland miles: 13652 Bus hours: 404.25 Empanadar: 94 The regular reader of this humble travel correspondence will be aware that for some time I have been banging on about empanadas. […]
Category Archives: Colombia
Day 263: Things we used most
Overland miles: 12975 Bus hours: 375.5 Empanadar: 80 Half-way through our trip, Prawns For Breakfast, feeling if we are to be honest, just a little sorry for ourselves, published our […]
Day 202: South American Markets
Overland miles: 10042 Bus hours: 308.5 Empanadar: 40 One of the culinary truisms we hold to in our travels across Latin America is that the freshest, tastiest food to be […]
How to … Play Tejo (aka Gunpowder Bowling)
We heard about Tejo, Colombia’s second national sport (after football, obvs) during our stay in San Gil. The only way to describe this game is to call it gunpowder bowling – yes, […]
Day 151: Typical Colombian Dishes
Overland miles: 6780 Bus hours: 220.5 Empanadar: 15 Whilst we were in Nicaragua, Prawns for Breakfast brought you a pictorial round-up of our favourite street food and cheap eats across the […]
Day 146: Lost in the Coffee Triangle
Overland miles: 6550 Bus hours: 210.5 Empanadar: 12 After a week in Bogota chugging chicha (fermented fruit-beer), sipping sopa de ajaico (potato and avacado-based soup) and tasting tinto (sweetened instant coffee), the […]
Day 142: Chocolate and cheese for breakfast
Overland miles: 6352 Bus hours: 194.45 Empanadar: 12 With Jovian’s latest culinary quest completed, we made tracks for Colombia’s capital, with a brief stop over along the way in Villa […]
Day 134: Big-assed Ants from Barichara – Part 2
Overland miles: 6111 Bus hours: 184.5 Empanadar: 8 In which Clare and Jovian continue their quest to find edible leafcutter ants in Guane and San Gil, Colombia. Warning: Ants were […]
Day 133: Big-assed Ants from Barichara – Part 1
Overland miles: 6097 Bus hours: 183.5 Empanadar: 6 In which Clare and Jovian travel to Barichara, Colombia, in search of edible leafcutter ants. Barichara is a little splotch of whitewashed […]
Day 132: Getting High In Colombia
Overland miles: 6083 Bus hours: 182 Empanadar: 6 Jovian and I aren’t generally outward bound types; the most we stretch to is a hearty walk that generally ends in a […]
