Arriving in Cartagena, in the north of Colombia, I was welcomed by Marcos, my driver and mainly an important intermediary and trusted representative for access to the rather reserved indigenous peoples of the Kogi and Arhuaca.

On the way to the end of Colombia and also South America we reached the Guajira Desert where we stopped for two days in the Tayrona National Park.

The first destination in the Guajira desert was Cabo de la Vela. On the peninsula, people still live almost exclusively from the Wayuu indigenous group.

We left La Guajira heading south and made a second stop in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, only this time on the eastern flank with a starting point in the small village of Valledupar.

Barichara and Valle de Leyva are known for their well preserved colonial architecture.

Further we drove via Bogota to the Cocora Valley (Valle de Cocora).

The last stop on my trip through Colombia was the metropolis of Medellín. Medellín is in a state of change. Not so long ago Medellin was known for its drug cartel and a very high crime rate. Since then it has developed rapidly and has become more and more a showcase for the whole of Latin America.