Photo Gallery: The Red Rivers of Guadalupe, Santander –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Caño Cristales is (rightfully) becoming one of Colombia’s most iconic sights: next year it will appear on Colombia’s new banknotes, and people from around the world are coming to Colombia and leaving enchanted with the ‘river that escaped from heaven.’ However, this […]
Category: Colombia Realismo Mágico
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– En 2015 escribí una entrada en el blog sobre “el Caño Cristales de Santander” (por lo menos así lo bautizó yo) que se centró en los asombrosos ríos rojos que hay alrededor del pueblo de Guadalupe en el departamento de Santander y su similitud a la icónica atracción colombiana de Caño […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Guainia department, bordering Venezuela in the lush jungles of eastern Colombia, is home to many stunning natural and cultural attractions. Second perhaps only to the incomparable beauty of the Cerros de Mavecure is the Estrella Fluvial del Sur and the beaches of the Atabapo River, on the border between Guainia, Vichada […]
Make sure to take our other Colombia Quizzes to test your Colombia knowledge: –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Personality Quiz: Which Iconic Colombian Are You? Name that Colombian Fruit! How much do you know about legendary Colombian Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez? Have you read his books, biographies, our 87 Facts about Gabo blog post!? […]
Para leer la versión en inglés has click aqui –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia se está convirtiendo rápidamente en un paraíso para los mochileros, a medida que se pasa la voz sobre la diversidad, la amabilidad y la creciente apertura del país. Y donde hay mochileros, hay hostels. Colombia tiene cientos de hostels así que […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Yesterday probably the greatest living Colombian turned 87 years old – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (or Gabo to his friends). What a life it’s been: from the little town of Aracataca to the Nobel Prize for Literature, Gabo has retained his massive popularity in Colombia thanks to his easy costeno […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– ¡Hola a todos! My name is Chris and I’m taking over as See Colombia’s new Editor. I was lucky enough to work as an intern (and general dogsbody to previous editor Paul) for See Colombia in 2012, and loved the experience so much that I’m coming back full-time – […]
For the 2013 english version of this posts click here: San Valentine’s in Colombia 2013 –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– !Feliz día de San Valentín 2014 del equipo de See Colombia Travel ! Aunque el día de San Valentín no se suele celebrar aquí en Colombia, este es un país que se presta para el […]
Nov 28
Crónicas de la Guajira – Fantasmas, tesoros escondidos y un pájaro loco: Conoce a Don Jorge Solano, encargado de la cueva.
You can find the english version of this post here: https://seecolombia.travel/blog/2012/11/la-guajira-part-i-ghosts-hidden-treasures-and-a-crazy-bird-meet-don-jorge-adalberto-solano-the-cave-keeper/ –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Dicen que se trata del viaje no del destino…pero ya estábamos ansiosos por llegar a la cueva prometida. Aunque el paisaje es increible y sentíamos que estábamos a punto de vivir una aventura al mejor estilo de Indiana Jones, ya habíamos […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– As a cynical European, I always understood Magical Realism as crazy Latin American folklore, a literary device that had no real connection to the world. My British skepticism couldn’t grasp the concept, the idea of magic being present in the mundane, real world, of normal, realistic settings going hand […]