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San Francisco a Beach Hideaway in Colombia's Choco

We fell in love with San Francisco. A 2 day stay turned into a week and when we left we knew we would be coming back and often
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April 12, 2025
April 12, 2025
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Searching for Sevilla in the Valle de Cauca and a Colombia Long Past

What makes us want to look up people and places from our past? People from relationships long over, old faded brick schools, homes we once lived in that now look so small.
2018-10-16
October 16, 2018
Archaeology

Travel: Tierradentro - tombs & Colombia's ancient past

Colombia has a number of ancient ruins. But the two most important are in the south of the country where large stone statues and hundreds of deep tombs are located on mountain tops.
2018-10-20
October 20, 2018
Archaeology

San Agustin - archaeology - stone sculptures - pre-Colombian mystery

Colombia has a number of ancient ruins throughout the country but the two most important archaeological sites are found in the southern departments of Huila and Cauca
2018-10-21
October 21, 2018
Food, Wine and Agriculture

Arepas: Colombia's Iconic Food

"Arepa, arepa, arepa" the street vendor sings on the street. Welcome to Colombia, the home of the arepa.
2018-10-22
October 22, 2018
Arts & Crafts Destinations

Why is the Panama hat made in Ecuador?

Every country in Latin America makes straw hats. Colombia's coffee region has its famous straw hat. But even more famous is Panama's straw hat.
2017-08-24
August 24, 2017
Hot/Thermal Springs

Banos, Ecuador - thermal baths - hot springs

Banos is a small village with a population of 18,000. The locals call it a little piece of heaven and travelers who come here invariably end up staying longer than intended.
2017-08-23
August 23, 2017
Cities

Travel Southern Colombia: Cali, Popayan, Pasto

Southern Colombia, while on the Pan American Highway heading to Ecuador, is often overlooked, done in a transitional hurry – a night in Cali, a night in Popayan a night in Pasto –brutal trip really - then onto Ecuador.
2018-10-16
October 16, 2018
Best Beaches

Ecuador's Pacific Coast and it's beautiful beaches

A lot of people write off Ecuador's Pacific coast. It’s too hot, the skies are grey and then there was that awful earthquake. It is hot – in the 90s. Nowhere closer to the sun than here.
2017-07-30
July 30, 2017
Best Beaches

Santa Marta and the Beaches

Santa Marta is a 5 hour bus ride from Cartagena past Barranquilla driving up the Atlantic coast.
2018-10-24
October 24, 2018
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COLOMBIA

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This is a blog with over 85 articles with photos on Colombian destinations. For a traveler, Colombia is the best kept secret of the continent. It’s affordable and relatively undiscovered.

It is a country with so much to offer: history, beautiful scenery, mountains, coastlines, beaches, rainforests, abundant greenery, raging rivers, caves, sleepy colonial towns, hip, hot metropolitan cities, friendly and sophisticated people, archeological sites, excellent coffee and a wide array of fruits and vegetables to discover.

Hopefully the information provided herein will help convince more travelers to  visit Colombia.
- Jon McInnes
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