周三晚出發，SFO飛MEX，AeroMexico航班AM665，到達墨西哥城5:45AM，比加州早兩個小時。9:30AM轉乘AM761航班至哥倫比亞首都波哥大Bogotá，市區山頂海拔3000米。
當地時間周四下午抵達Bogotá，機場取錢，一美元換四千比索。打車前往GHL Hotel Tequendama Bogotá（包早餐，有機場shuttle，VIP spa service，free cancellation）。
周五去玻利瓦爾廣場，參觀大教堂, 乘纜車上Monserrat山頂。還有著名的黃金博物館, Paloquemao market (close at 4:30PM)。
周六上午去Botanic Garden；下午乘5:05PM的Avianca航班AV9843（BOG to AXM）去Salento，入住airbnb民宿（calle 7 numero 4）。Salento相對來說最安全。
周日去Cocora Valley，有世界上最高的棕櫚樹。
哥倫比亞民風淳樸，熱情好客。一路上沒遇到什麽危險，但是旅行在外仍須提高警惕。
周一參加咖啡團，Ocaso coffee tour，了解種植、采摘、去皮、曬幹、烘焙、釀製過程。哥倫比亞咖啡產量世界第三，Salento種植區主要還是靠人工采摘。
周二早晨趕往Pereira機場，LATAM航班4285（PEI to MDE）前往Medellin（麥德金），入住Loyds Hotel，位於較安全的El Poblado區。
麥德金市區半日遊city tour（網上預定2:30PM）。哥倫比亞第二大城市，曾經是毒梟黑幫的老巢，Escobar令人聞風喪膽。如今遊客眾多，仍須小心謹慎。
周三去Guatape, 從巨大岩石（Piedra del Peñól，七百級台階）俯瞰千島湖。Guatape小鎮色彩鮮豔。The bus company is called “Sotrasanvicente & Guatape La Piedra”。 Tell the bus driver to stop at Peñól de Guatapé。約兩小時車程。
周四下午乘Avianca航班9493到達加勒比海港口城市Cartagena， 約一個小時。入住airbnb Murano Elite。雖然離波哥大僅一個小時飛程，氣候迥異，海水溫暖宜人。
周五參觀Cartagena老城。翡翠展覽。
周六乘船去Playa Blanca。
周日飛回波哥大，Avianca航班9541 （8:51AM起飛， 10:19AM到達）。仍住在GHL Hotel Tequendama Bogotá。距離機場三十分鍾車程。
周一國家博物館不開門，上網遠程工作。周二去Perseverancia，當地人聚餐的熱鬧地方。
周三飛回加州，BOG to SFO via JetBlue，需在Fort Lauderdale轉機。紅眼航班1958抵達FLL天已亮，換乘航班577飛舊金山機場，下午兩點到家。帶回來好多咖啡。
More details of the trip plan
Dish: AJIACO
Fruit: lulo, sapote, pitaya, granadia , mamoncillo
Drink:
Guarapo – fresh-squeezed cane juice
Fermented rice drink
Liquor:
Aguardiente, which means “fiery water”, is Colombia's popular traditional tipple. It's an anise-flavored drink, made from sugarcane
Medellin
https://www.medellincolombia.co/getting-around/medellin-metro/
Subway ticket covers cable car to top hill. Line A towards Niquia station connects to Line K at Acevedo station. At the end station Santo Domingo, take line L, which is the cable car.
Realcitytours.com for city tour 3.5 hours. Need to reserve online. Start from ALPUJARR Station, two stops from Pablado station. 9:30am or 2:30pm
Buses from Medellin to Guatape depart every half hour from 05:00 to 18:00. The bus terminal can be reached from Medellin city center by metro line A. The closest station, right in front of the bus terminal, is Caribe. You can buy tickets at the bus station for 15,000 COP ($3.75). When travelling back from Guatape to Medellin, you have to go to the main bus terminal in Guatape.
