Santander - peace & quiet, with a bit of rafting and colonial heritage (and lots of food) thrown in.

San Gil, in the northeastern department of Santander, has become something of an adventure sport mecca for people traveling in Colombia. Therefore, here's me in an inflatable raft 'tackling' grade 4 & 5 rapids on the Río Suárez just outside of San Gil...and managing not to fall in!

San Gil itself is pretty nice, and at night you can park your arse in the square with a beer with no hassle at all.

The local football pitch...

A hammock in the garden by the jacuzzi kind of thing....

The padlocks-on-the-bridge fad is alive and kicking in San Gil...

Barichara, a colonial town not far from San Gil...

...and from there I walked nearly 2 hours in the heat along La Camino Real...

...to get to a tiny colonial town called Guane. All about the colonial towns me.

Finished up the trip in Bucaramanga, where eating was the main activity. Why have one chocolate croissant for breakfast when you can have two?

And I found this awesome dulcería in the city centre, a family run place that has been making local sweets for over 50 years. This is dulce de leche mixed with pineapple...