–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In the middle of June, I arrived in beautiful Cabo de la Vela, a tiny town in La Guajira, the northernmost region of Colombia: home to much of the country’s indigenous population, and seemingly, most of the country’s wind. ‘Cabo de la Vela’ translates to ‘Cape of the Sail’, […]
Tag: Colombia Off The Beaten Track
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Club de Tejo La 76 – Cra. 24 #76-56 – Here’s a link to Google Maps where you can see the exact location… Tejo might just be the greatest sport ever to be invented – it basically involves hurling heavy spherical chunks of metal at gunpowder, with the aim […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia isn’t really famous for it’s food and drink around the world: the true ‘foodie paradise’ destination tags go to South-East Asian countries, Mediterranean destinations, and Latin American countries like Peru and Mexico. When people think of ‘foodie travel’ Colombia is rarely on the tip of their tongues. This […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Most Colombian travelers have Medellin pretty high on their agendas these days. However, very few of those people know that within just 3 hours of Colombia’s second city lies a stunning area of protected tropical rainforest. That’s right, I said rainforest, or jungle if you will. Most people tend […]
Read the English version of this post here: https://seecolombia.travel/blog/2016/01/how-to-travel-independently-to-the-cerros-de-mavecure/ –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Gracias a la reciente nominación al Oscar (la primera de Colombia) para la épica película filmada en la selva El Abrazo de la Serpiente, un destino colombiana para viajes de aventura parece aprovechar especialmente de ella en 2016 y más allá: los […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– It’s Christmas Day, and I’m strolling along a gently winding path by the banks of a river. A family of pigs, a mother and five tiny piglets, are snuffling calmly in the undergrowth to my right. They are largely unperturbed as I pass by within a few feet of […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– This is a guest post by Ashley Peak from Optimism Rampage, who lives and works in Manizales, ‘The City of Open Doors.’ The first thing locals ask you when they find out you’re visiting Manizales is, “Are you happy here?” Locals are proud of their city, and they want […]
–> 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 […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– La versión de este post en castellano aquí : https://seecolombia.travel/blog/2016/05/como-viajar-de-manera-independiente-a-los-cerros-de-mavecure/ Thanks to the recent Oscar nomination (Colombia’s first) for the epic jungle feature El Abrazo de la Serpiente (‘The Embrace of the Serpent’), one Colombian adventure travel destination looks particularly set to benefit in 2016 and beyond: the Cerros de […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Stephanie Ascanio is a Colombian photographer interested in documenting the daily life of urban spaces that surround her. Throughout her career she has created various photographic series. Many of them have led to exhibitions. One of her favorites is “Perspectives”, the photographic series of a job that lasted several months in Chocó […]