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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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The Market of Otavalo, Ecuador

Otavalo, a village in northern Ecuador two hours from the Colombian border, hosts the largest and most famous textile market in all of South America every Saturday.
2017-07-30
July 30, 2017
Best Beaches

Travel to the beaches of Tolu'

Looking for beaches off the beaten path I came upon the town of Tolu. It’s a sleepy little tourist town 3 hours south of Cartagena on the Caribbean Gulf of Morrosquillo.
2018-10-25
October 25, 2018
River Towns

Travel Mompox: a backwater river town frozen in time

About five hours inland from the Caribbean coast is the intriguing town of Mompox - a perfectly preserved colonial town.
2018-10-14
October 14, 2018
Best Beaches

Capurgana and Zapzurro: Caribbean villages and the Darien Pass

Village of Capurganais a small village on the Caribbean on the Colombian – Panamanian border.
2018-10-25
October 25, 2018
Cities

Cartagena: a Port City and One Hot Mess

Cartagena is a hot mess: On one hand it’s a vibrant beautiful port city where cruise ships also dock. It has a beautiful historic center and is the major tourist destination for Colombia.
2018-10-29
October 29, 2018
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Journey to La Guajira Peninsula in Northern Colombia

Colombia One of the strangest and most spectacular spots I’ve ever seen in South American is located at the northern most point of South American in the Guajira peninsula which is a reserve for the Wayuu
2018-10-26
October 26, 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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