{"id":4548,"date":"2012-08-17T12:02:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T17:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=4548"},"modified":"2016-05-06T11:51:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:51:54","slug":"this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"This Weekend: Salsa Al Parque 2012!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3137\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/SalsaCali-e1343409627860.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3137\" title=\"Salsa,Cali\" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/SalsaCali-e1343409627860.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salsa in Cali<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looking forward to Salsa Al Parque in Bogot\u00e1 this weekend? You should be. The party will kick off today at 2pm in Parque Bolivar. For the full program, you can check out their Facebook page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/salsaalparque\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The undoubted highlight of the festival will be El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/__58-0clGRQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>Alongside them will be a number of classy salsa acts, such as Eddie Palmieri and Jimmy Saa.<\/p>\n<p>Salsa is one of the main staples of <a title=\"A Brief Introduction to Colombian Music: From Champeta to Cumbia\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/06\/a-brief-introduction-to-colombian-music-from-champeta-to-cumbia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colombian music<\/a>, even though it actually originated in New York. At almost any club in the country you&#8217;ll find salsa and, if not, you won&#8217;t have to search hard to find it. The best spots to experience it are Baranquilla and Cali, so if you&#8217;re interested in Salsa culture don&#8217;t miss those cities.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re heading to Salsa Al Parque, be sure to look out for us and say hey, we be <em>rumbeando<\/em> in the crowd somewhere!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and if you&#8217;re a gringo looking to sharpen your salsa moves, stay tuned to this space&#8230; We&#8217;ve got some pretty exciting news about an awesome salsa night coming your way soon!<\/p>\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking forward to Salsa Al Parque in Bogot\u00e1 this weekend? You should be. The party will kick off today at 2pm in Parque Bolivar. For the full program, you can check out their Facebook page here. The undoubted highlight of the festival will be El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico: Alongside them will be a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[35,3,115,626,4,66,97,92,392],"tags":[2976,2868,58,142,200,1276],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.4 (Yoast SEO v18.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>This Weekend: Salsa Al Parque 2012! - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This Weekend: Salsa Al Parque 2012!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Looking forward to Salsa Al Parque in Bogot\u00e1 this weekend? You should be. The party will kick off today at 2pm in Parque Bolivar. For the full program, you can check out their Facebook page here. The undoubted highlight of the festival will be El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico: Alongside them will be a [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-17T17:02:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-06T16:51:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/SalsaCali-e1343409627860.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Fowler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel\",\"description\":\"Colombia Travel Blog: An international perspective on travelling in Colombia by world travellers.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/SalsaCali-e1343409627860.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/SalsaCali-e1343409627860.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/\",\"name\":\"This Weekend: Salsa Al Parque 2012! - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-17T17:02:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-06T16:51:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/417e4177e5bc2022442cf51a5355ed17\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"This Weekend: Salsa Al Parque 2012!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/417e4177e5bc2022442cf51a5355ed17\",\"name\":\"Paul Fowler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f10b8d3d1bb226ec998ece9c986b594e?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f10b8d3d1bb226ec998ece9c986b594e?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Fowler\"},\"description\":\"Paul is an Englishman with a longstanding love of travel, tea and quality beer. His first trip was to Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina and it was there, wading in some waterfalls near Mostar with just a litre of cheap beer and some bread in his belly, that he was bitten by the travel bug. After many more trips and a spell working in London, Paul relocated to Buenos Aires for some months before moving to Colombia. He's been here, knocking back 'guaro', for about 2 years now.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.seecolombia.travel\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/author\/paul\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"This Weekend: Salsa Al Parque 2012! - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"This Weekend: Salsa Al Parque 2012!","og_description":"Looking forward to Salsa Al Parque in Bogot\u00e1 this weekend? You should be. The party will kick off today at 2pm in Parque Bolivar. For the full program, you can check out their Facebook page here. The undoubted highlight of the festival will be El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico: Alongside them will be a [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/","og_site_name":"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","article_published_time":"2012-08-17T17:02:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-05-06T16:51:54+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/SalsaCali-e1343409627860.jpg"}],"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Fowler","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/","name":"Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","description":"Colombia Travel Blog: An international perspective on travelling in Colombia by world travellers.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/SalsaCali-e1343409627860.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/SalsaCali-e1343409627860.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/","name":"This Weekend: Salsa Al Parque 2012! - Colombia Travel Blog by See Colombia Travel","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2012-08-17T17:02:41+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-06T16:51:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/417e4177e5bc2022442cf51a5355ed17"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2012\/08\/this-weekend-salsa-al-parque-2012\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"This Weekend: Salsa Al Parque 2012!"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/417e4177e5bc2022442cf51a5355ed17","name":"Paul Fowler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f10b8d3d1bb226ec998ece9c986b594e?s=96&d=retro&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f10b8d3d1bb226ec998ece9c986b594e?s=96&d=retro&r=g","caption":"Paul Fowler"},"description":"Paul is an Englishman with a longstanding love of travel, tea and quality beer. His first trip was to Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina and it was there, wading in some waterfalls near Mostar with just a litre of cheap beer and some bread in his belly, that he was bitten by the travel bug. After many more trips and a spell working in London, Paul relocated to Buenos Aires for some months before moving to Colombia. He's been here, knocking back 'guaro', for about 2 years now.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.seecolombia.travel\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/author\/paul\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4548"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22269,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4548\/revisions\/22269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}