AmyH81 has written 2 posts

Safety of Buenaventura to Pereira bus?

Thanks everyone for the replies to my question about the Cartagena to Medellin buses. I am now curious about the safety of the Buenaventura to Pereira buses. I have seen a lot of threads about the violence situation in Buenaventura. However, I am mostly wondering about the safety of the actual bus itself and the risk of crashes. Has anyone had any experience driving this route? Does does this route go through as many mountains as the Cartagena-Medellin route does? I guess I should also as ...

By AmyH81 on 2008-05-11 03:53:47. 11 comments.

Safety of Cartagena-Medellin and Medellin-Pereira buses?

Hi guys. I'm curious about the safety of the Cartagena-Medellin and Medellin-Pereira buses. I've read a bunch of threads on this topic here, but they've only addressed safety from criminals. What I want to know about is the safety of the actual buses themselves and the drivers. I see that these routes go through mountains. Even in the US mountain driving can be very hazardous. How high are these mountains- are we talking like the Rocky Mountains here? And how good are the roads? How fast d ...

By AmyH81 on 2008-05-10 02:50:27. 29 comments.