Caffeinated in Colombia

I’ve spent the last few days bopping around Colombia after taking a seat on Spirit Air’s new route to Armenia, Colombia. This is the Coffee Triangle region of the country so I’ve been jacked up on caffeine the whole time (just the black liquid pick-me-up, not the other white powdery one.)

First impressions are that the people are beautiful, so is the countryside, and I haven’t felt the slightest bit uncomfortable yet. Though people at home raised an eyebrow when I told them I was coming here, it has been all positive after arrival—as expected.

Colombia is not one of The World’s Cheapest Destinations , but outside of Cartagena anyway, it’s certainly affordable. Domestic tourism is actually most of the tourism here, so prices are geared to locals nearly everywhere. You can pay $15 for dinner, but that’s a big fat steak and trimmings at a fancy place. A meal in a simple place is a few bucks. There are lots of little rustic hotels dotted around the countryside, many of them situated on working coffee plantations. So the java is reliably good. This zipline trip with some clips in the video below was the equivalent of 20 bucks—less than I paid in Guatemala a few years ago.

Here’s a little tour for you.