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May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024
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Raquira

Raquira - Saturday's Market in Colombia's City of Pots

The town, mind-blowingly impressive, has to be considered one of Colombia’s best kept secrets.
2020-12-14
December 14, 2020
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Villages of Boyaca

The Beautiful Colonial Villages of Boyaca

Boyaca is a picturesque department of green fields, glacial lakes and charming Spanish colonial villages; popular with Colombian tourists, rarely visited by foreigners.
2020-12-18
December 18, 2020
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Carnival Barranquilla

Barranquilla throws the second largest Carnival Party in the World

Hands down the Carnival of Barranquilla is the biggest folkloric tradition and best party in Colombia with more than 2 million people participating every year.
2020-06-29
June 29, 2020
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Colombian Proverbs

Popular Colombian Proverbs - 'Refranes'

Every country has a rich collection of sayings. Also called idomatic expressions, proverbs, maxims, adages and aphorisms, these phrases are general truths capturing practical wisdoms in simple, popular, earthy expressions.
2020-12-08
December 8, 2020
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Valledupar & Vallenato

Valledupar - the Musical Capital of Vallenato

Valledupar is a city of a half a million people, the capital of the Cesar department and known as the birthplace and capital of vallenato music.
2020-07-16
July 16, 2020
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Barrancabermeja

Barrancabermeja - Colombia's Oil Capital and Port on the Magdellena River

Barrancabermeja is difficult to say even after practicing it a dozen times. The locals just call it Barranca – saving some breath. It’s a hot climate, one of the hottest cities in Colombia.
2020-12-03
December 3, 2020
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Monteria

Monteria: a Tropical City and Pleasant Surprise

Monteria is a pleasant tropical city situated on the Sinu River not far from Colombia's southern Caribbean coast. The city of 400,000 is off the tourist circuit and relatively unknown to foreign tourists.
2020-05-18
May 18, 2020
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Heritage Villages in Colombia

The Best Colonial Towns - a look at Colombia's 17 'Heritage Villages'

Whether your travel focus is visiting Colombia's beaches, jungles or big cities, it's hard to tour Colombia and not want to visit small towns like like Jardin, Barichara or Mompox.
2019-10-25
October 25, 2019
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Mocoa

Mocoa – The End of the World - A Gateway to the Amazon

Mocoa is called a gateway to the Amazon. Located in the department of Putumayo in southern Colombia, the town is a remote gem on the fringe of Colombia's Amazon jungle.
2019-06-19
June 19, 2019
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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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