Tag: Salento and the Cocora Valley

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Before I go any further with this post, I want to clear up something straight away. In what follows, when I use the term, “Willy,” I mean this:     I don’t mean this:     or anything else you may happen to be thinking. I hope I’ve made […]

So, I don’t know why, but I agreed to go on a trip to the coffee triangle with the adopted little brother I never wanted. Being Australian myself, I should’ve realised how annoying and uncouth my countrymen can be, but, I’m fairly notorious for making poor judgements (apart from going to Colombia, of course), so […]

Just like that more infamous triangle around Bermuda, it’s easy to get lost in the charms of Colombia’s Coffee Triangle. In particular, the environs around the little town of Salento are so beautiful, one could easily spend weeks there just basking in their glory. This is something Colombians have known for a good while, as […]

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Check out ‘The Top 10 Treks in Colombia: from Andes to Amazon’  My feet were soaked. My bag weighed heavy on my back. I was tired. More tired than I think I’ve ever been. But alongside the exhaustion and dehydration was a sense of unmistakeable contentment. I had arrived […]

In High Fidelity, Nick Hornby’s protagonist spends a great deal of his time agonizing over lists: top 5 lists that organize his life into favourites, bests and greatests.  It’s a gruelling way to live as anyone that has tried to categorize their favourite films, albums or children will know. Your lists can fluxuate depending on […]

Colombia is a land of incredible diversity, where mountains jut up in the centre of cities and jungles line the bottoms of snow-capped mountains. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– There are few places in the world with such a dizzying mishmash of landscapes and wildlife, making travel to Colombia an unforgettable experience (even if it’s […]

We wrote about Cocora Valley this week at the Colombia Travel Blog, and Salento got a brief mention. We decided, though, that this was to do it an injustice and so today’s post is dedicated to Salento, a charming colonial village in the Colombia Coffee Triangle. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Salento is the centre […]

Hello all! Here at the Colombia Travel Blog we have written about Cocora Valley a few times in the past but today, given that a picture speaks a thousand words, we thought we might actually show you some footage of the area, all thanks to our friends over at Off2 Colombia. Take a look: –> […]

Today we hear again from our traveling amigos, Linda and Bernie, who’ve been to the Coffee Region in Colombia. Here’s what they got up to: –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Bernie We had a driver arranged for us by See Colombia Travel so we were picked up in the morning and arrived in Salento for […]

We’ve written about Colombia’s spectacularly varied topography before. Here you can find yourself roaming through dense jungles, wading in turquoise seas or hiking in stunning mountain ranges all in one trek. Though good for the tourist, when roads began to be formed amongst these landscapes Colombians were faced with somewhat of a dilemma: where could […]