Here at See Colombia Travel, we spend a lot of time banging on about the beauty and charm of Colombia’s many fascinating colonial towns. Sure, Villa de Leyva’s cobbled square and quaint streets have rightly made it one of Colombia’s main tourist destinations. Barichara’s red roofs and abundance of –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– pretty […]
Tag: Colombia Off The Beaten Track
En 1760 un científico español llamado José Celestino Mutis vino a recorrer Colombia para explorar y documentar la flora y fauna de esta parte misteriosa y majestuosa de las Américas. En 1763 Mutis solicito a su patria natal que patrocinara su expedición y veinte largos años después, el rey le dio su aprobación. ¡Y Olé! […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– South America contains many archaeological treasures: lost cities hidden deep in the jungle, gigantic figures etched into the desert, a glittering array of gold and silver; but in the fertile green hills of southern Colombia is one ancient archaeological site which few people outside the country are aware of. San […]
Bogota is a city replete with international cuisine and attractive cafes to while away your time in. The most popular areas to find these places in are the north of the city, around Zona Rosa and Parque 93, and downtown in the cobbled streets of La Candelaria. For the more adventurous people travelling to Colombia, however, […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia is rife with a plethora of varied landscapes and regions with different cultures and traditions, but perhaps one of the most distinctive is La Guajira, the northernmost region in South America. The scenery is utterly unique, the indigenous wayuu people who make up the majority of the population […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Now, I know that it gets bandied around a fair bit here in Colombia, but I´m still a bit confused. Paisa is quite the loaded term. I´ve heard a wild story that claims it originated when the bold Antioqueños were pushing for their department´s independence. The new country (¨pais¨ in Spanish) […]
Guess who´s back? Back again. Gilesy´s back. Aha-hem. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I bet you didn´t even realise I was gone, you Gentle but also Heartless Reader! Well, I was, even if you don´t care. I´d jumped out of the Bog, headed down the highway (on the way eating the best Boyacense arepa – […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Well, yesterday we brought you seven aspects of Colombia we personally were suprised to find when we got here. Being the lazy sods, we threw it over to you to make it a nice round ten. The ever-helpful Steph of Discovering Ice fame rocketed right back with not one, not […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– While no-one wants to ignore the long stretches of beautiful coastline that it has, there is far much more to a visit to Colombia than merely toasting yourself in the sun and occasionally taking a dip. From snow-capped mountains to Mars-esque desert landscapes, Colombia boasts an overwhelming amount of variety. Here […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I currently have a few weeks off and was very keen to go to Venezuela to find out what is actually happening in the country, as opposed to what I imagine are exaggerated news reports. Having already crossed the Colombia-Venezuela border in Cucuta, I decided to head north […]