Summer, Winter, Autumn, Spring....?

Colombia is an amazing country. It has coastline to the Caribbean and to the Pacific, three mountain ranges with some peaks above 5000meters, wide valleys with big rivers, and Amazon forest. In Cartagena, we had to hide in the hotel between 1pm and 5pm. It was simply too hot and humid to be outside. Medellin, at an altitude of 1400 meters surrounded by green mountains, is called the city of eternal spring: year round temperatures above 20 degrees – perfect! Bogota, at 2600m above sea level, is a few degrees colder – you need a jacket here. I suggest to call it the city of eternal autumn. Tunja is even higher (2800m) and cooler: we see people wearing gloves. In Popayan (1700m), we visit the Puracé national park at an altitude of 3350 meters in pouring rain and freezing cold. As we return back to the city, we enjoy warm sunshine. The only thing we have not experienced (yet) is winter.