11 Sep 2019
After 2 weeks of great experiences in Colombia, wonderful walks and tours, it had to happen once: a tourist trap. We booked this tour because we were, despite the many negative comments locally and on blogs/in guides on these kind of tours, curious to learn more about one of the cruelest men of the last decades and the impact he had on society. The site looked professionally, the tour would give us the realistic view on this harsh episode in Colombian history.
Communication before the activity was great. But then the madness started. We agreed on an English private tour, a friendly lady picked us up...I noticed already that her written communication was not real English at all...asked via message if she spoke English ‘yes I do, no worry’ . We stepped in and her ‘English’ was: she spoke in Spanish to her phone and we received the message through a phone translater app...