Pereria, Colombia 🇨🇴 

We had a nice leisurely start to the day after our energetic day yesterday. A breakfast of pancakes at the hostel before wandering into town for a good coffee. We walked up the colourful Calle Real one last time, on a bit of a hammock mission. Lesley has decided to take one home and kindly offered to take one for me (no idea where to fix it at home!). We have seen a few we like but decide on two from the same shop and we bargain a bit to get an even better price. All wrapped up we stroll back to the Jesus Martin coffee shop where we get a fabulous coffee and Lesley indulges in a slab of chocolate brownie.

We taxi transfer to the Pereria airport without issues and check in for our flight back to Medellin, me still at 17kg. The flight leaves a little late but we arrive soon enough mid afternoon to a warm Medellin. We got into a taxi at the rank, but the driver refused to put the meter on or give me a fair price so we got out 100 metres later and found an honest one. We are back in Los Patios for 2 nights and after a swift check in, we sit up on the rooftop with Lesley swinging in a hammock and working out where she will position hers when she gets home.

We visit the favourite Italian for dinner and afterwards I decide to have an ice cream. The ice cream over the road is decked out like a upmarket boutique and we discover it is essentially a ‘build your own magnum’ offer. Lesley changes her mind and we quickly select our base ice cream, coating and topping. The pictures do not do it justice, amazing experience and the ice cream is to die for.