Galería de Fotos: Los Ríos Rojos de Guadalupe, Santander (inglés) –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Caño Cristales se está volviendo (legítimamente) uno de los sitios más icónicos de Colombia: El próximo año va a aparecer en los nuevos billetes del país, y la gente viene a Colombia de todo el mundo y regresan encantados por el […]
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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 […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I first visited Santander department in 2014 and it has remained one of my favourite departments ever since: I have been fortunate enough to return many times over the past 3 years and last month I had the welcome chance to return again. I was invited on a press […]
–> 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) <– Santander has long been one of my favourite Colombian departments – there’s a lot on offer for tourists and travellers there: extreme sports in San Gil, Colombia’s largest and most spectacular canyon, the delightful colonial pueblos of Barichara, Socorro, Guane and Giron; not to mention surreal red rivers in […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Read Part 1 of the Top 10 Colombian Travel Destinations for 2016 here Continuing on from Part 1 of this guide to the 10 Colombian destinatons you have to visit in 2016, here’s Part 2: featuring red rivers, a whole department(!), a festival, a town you’ve definitely heard off (but […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Last month I wrote a blog post all about the Cano Cristales of Santander (that’s what I christened it anyway!) – this focused on the amazing red rivers flowing around the small town of Guadalupe in Santander department, and their similarity to the iconic Colombian attraction of Cano Cristales…the […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Paragliding is becoming quite the popular pastime for Colombia travelers these days: it’s a growing day-trip trend from Bogota, Medellin and Bucaramanga, as visitors to Colombia bid to break the bonds of gravity and laugh in the face of the gods…or at least hover in the sky for 15 […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Norte de Santander department, located, you guessed it, north of Santander on the Venezuelan border, isn’t really an overly visited Colombian department…it seems to fall between the gaps of the people who visit Santander for San Gil and Barichara, and those heading to the coast in Santa Marta and […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia is made up of 32 departments (like states or counties) and one capital district of Bogota. The diversity of these departments is hard to overstate: from the desert peninsula of La Guajira in the north to Amazonas in the south, and from the forested plains of Meta and […]