Comments on: Growing to love Colombia

By: Carolina

Carolina — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:53:01 +0000

There are many other beautiful places you can see in Colombia that are not mentioned in book. I invite you to see pictures I have been taken during many trips around Colombia and another countries: http://picasaweb.google.com/viajeraColombia

That are other regions I don’t have in digital pictures, very beautiful: zona cafetera (coffee plantations departments those contain the Parque Nacional Los Nevados), Boyacá department (where Villa de Leyva is, but there are another towns like Mongui, The Candelaria desert and the convent, Eccehomo Convent, Tunja and its churches, Tibasosa, Sierra Nevada del Cocuy), Santander Department with some beautiful towns like Barichara, Zapatoca, Socorro, Panachi National Park, Antioquia (Medellín, embalse de Guatape, the Peñón, Río Claro), Chocó and its beaches of dark sand beaches that reflect every clound and the wales observation time in July, the rivers of the jungle in Puerto Inírida, where rivers are of wine color and warm temperature and the beutiful and marvelous sensation of the Inirida river rapids, Orinoco river and the marked stones, San José del Guaviare, Caño Cristales (the five color river), the Llanos Orientales, and many other sites…
I have traveled viewing other countries, and I found that every country has many many things to offer. Only you have to know where to know and what to see.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:13:48 +0000

Cheers Tom, I’m glad the views were good after that hike, I’d have been pretty annoyed after all that work if they hadn’t been

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:12:47 +0000

It’s good that we agree on something now, definitely! It’d be pretty hard not to love Villa de Leyva, it’s such a special place. And I’m loving the rest of the country so far too

By: Tom Clinton

Tom Clinton — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:37:59 +0000

pretty pics, I liked the third one the most…

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:17:24 +0000

Colombia ia ace Chris, you’d love it!

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:14:31 +0000

I know, but the LP guide to Colombia is by far and away the worst one I’ve used, it seems like absolutely everything is wrong. I mostly rely on word of mouth these days, and just use the guide for back up

By: Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:12:59 +0000

Thanks! All going well still, loving Colombia now after that shaky start, still have a few weeks left here so still plety toi see and to write about!

By: teiquirisi

teiquirisi — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:19:22 +0000

Hi,

I found your blog through LP’s website. Your ATW story is very inspiring, and I hope it is going well for you.

I am glad that you have found a sweet spot in Colombia! My mother is from Cali, and I have visited Valle and the Carib coast a few times, but have not made it to the area around Bogota. Thanks for the highlights, as I’ll keep them in mind!

Take care!

By: Christian Haugen

Christian Haugen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:31:40 +0000

The guidebook has a tendency to be a bit misleading.. atleast that’s what I’ve learned over the last 6 months! Use it as a guideline :)

By: clare

clare — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:14:53 +0000

um, anything described as a “leisurely 5 hour stroll” is clearly not going to be that leisurely. a stroll is that thing you do that takes no more than half an hour, surely. usually on the way to a pub.

looks beautiful though.

i am in between au pairs meltsown again – but about to go on holiday so assuming i get through the next few days in one piece (work a bit tricky at the moment too) i will be able to chill at long last.

lots of love xxx