If anyone is ever travelling to Medellin I would highly recommend a day in Guatape – it’s one of the prettiest towns I’ve ever visited. We started the day with an interesting breakfast of cheese, arepa and hot chocolate – you actually dip the cheese into the chocolate!

That set us up nicely for the climb up the rock. They say it’s formed from volcanic rock but another theory is that it’s the remains of a meteorite.

After 675 steps we made it to the top and the views were stunning.

And from the rock we headed into Guatape itself and just wandered around the courful streets and visited the church. There were a couple of places for sale but they weren’t cheap – not far off Surrey prices.

We had some delicious grilled trout in garlic whilst we were there too. In the evening we popped to Hector’s aunt so I could do my washing and then just had a little wander in the evening around the Rionegro area, where Hector lives, and stopped off for a quick beer.

Weather is still lovely – but not quite as hot as in the North, which is actually quite nice as we’re doing a lot of walking around.