as always, there are parts of an itinerary that i overlook until it’s need to know time….so i really wasn’t surprised when i realized we were driving from Medellin to Armenia. 6 hours.

thankfully, the coordinator changed things up a bit and instead of a bus trip, we had a driver, and he spoke English, bonus.

the road from point a to point b was one lane in each direction, shared once again by trucks, buses, cars, motorcycles and cyclists.  the road was under repair in many places due to landslides from the rain, taking it down to one lane.  had we been on a bus it would have been over a 10 hour trip.

we arrived at our hotel, Hacienda Combia around 1:30 PM, and immediately changed and went for a swim.  the pool is the first cold thing i’ve experienced on this trip.

the hotel is on a working coffee farm, the house is over 100 years old, and farm has been here 145 years.  it’s really charming, relaxing and our home for the next three nights.