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- Bogota
- Capital
- Colombian Peso (COP)
- Currency
- 40,349,388
- Population
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Colombia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Colombia
Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood...
This is a top pick! While researching Capurgana we found out about a stop you can make on the way between Turbo and Cartagena. It's a town called Arboletes and it has the biggest mud volcano in South America. It’s not even in the Lonely Planet! We decided it was ...
Young, vibrant and stylish - this is Bogota!
This is a top pick! ... boarding my flight heading to Panama to see Ed and Solange Anchor who I met at their sons wedding in Brisbane in 2009. Colombia - a place you must visit. A friend emailed me recently saying she wished she had included it in her itinerary, I'm so glad I ...
Rolling in the Deep
This is a top pick! Next stop along the Caribbean coast was Santa Marta. While here I decided to do another Scuba dive in nearby Taganga. I signed up for a two tank dive with Poseidon, one of the more expensive companies in town, as my instructor in Capurgana had ...
A hot city
This is a top pick! Cartagena (old town) is really pretty and it's a great place just to wander around and lose yourself in for a day amongst all the gorgeous buildings. We did attempt to visit a museum – first one since Cusco I think – but unfortunately none ...
Tombs in Tierradentro
This is a top pick! From Popayan there are two choices to get your fix of pre-Columbian archaeology, San Agustin and Tierradentro. San Agustin is the place for statues and due to access is more touristy. Tierradentro has some interesting hypogea (or underground tombs) and ...
There is no U in Colombia
This is a top pick! ... my bag as I was going to be staying in a dorm for the 2nd night and off I headed into the wide world of Colombia and Cartagena. Whatever your preconceptions about Colombia, throw them out the window, this country and this city are thoroughly enjoyable and ...
Welcome to the jungle!
This is a top pick! ... a flight. We weren't wimping out of overland travel though, we were going to Leticia which is only accessible by flight from Colombia (it’s connected by the Amazon to Brazil and Peru). Except for the fact that the seats were oddly short so ...
Sand gets everywhere...
This is a top pick! ... a song from an elderly man passing by with his guitar. Then proceeded a quite magical concert, serenading Taganga, Colombia and Cuba - his voice possessing that incredible, indescribable quality - one that captivates and enthrals, that just draws ...
Into the Jungle....
This is a top pick! ... to go out and buy dinner. The following day we caught the fast boat to Parque Amacayacu, a national park belonging to Colombia. After a two hour ride upstream we finally arrived at the Decameron Hotel at approximately 1pm. The trip up river proved to be ...
You pick up the soap honey!!!
This is a top pick! ... I hate drugs I tell them, and I don't have my passport on because I am afraid to get robbed. And of course I love Colombia, there's no thieves here. But you still need police of course, they are very important, claro, and the police are very friendly. ...
The toothless pipe smoking Colombian lunatic.
This is a top pick! Shit, shit, shit, what am I doing here? What are all those soldiers up to, or are they paramilitaries or possibly guerillas? They don't look too friendly. Try to stay calm and make yourself invisible. Are they shouting at me? Where's the bloody bus, it's ...
Random Colombian observations.
This is a top pick! ... call a friend? - In a way the countryside is considered more dangerous than the big cities. I think this is pretty unique for Colombia. - There's football (that's proper football, not American, he he) on TV every day. - You find some of the most ...
San Gil, Barichara and Guane.
This is a top pick! Roadtrip from Tayrona to San Gil via El Playon, Bucaramanga and Chicamocha ...
Church hopping.
This is a top pick! I haven't really spent much time on this trip visiting museums, but I have seen a good few churches. More than my share for sure. I have never really been a museum freak, but of course I like a good museum, only problem is that it's not often I find one ...
Rest, Relaxation and Mud
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 340 Temperature : 30 degrees Weather : A few days of rain and a few days of sun Tolu is a small town about 3 hours south of Cartagena, and was a perfect place to spend a few days before returning to Cartagena to get Kevin's eyes ...
Getting sick of thinking of titles!
This is a top pick! ... in a while. Absolutely gorgeous. We followed that up with a visit to the cinema. I know we're in Colombia sometimes you need a break to do something 'normal'. We also celebrated our anniversary with a really nice dinner in a ...
No time for Mango's.
This is a top pick! We arrived in Medellin early morning on the night bus from Tolú. So in less than two years, I was once again back in this big city with its spectacular setting in the Aburrá Valley. Breakfast consisted of Colombian hot dogs at the bus station, and ...
Ciudad Perdida
This is a top pick! ... , we're hussled off the bus with our belongings into an old car, driven over the border, and put on a local bus in Colombia. We could have done that ourselves for much cheaper and I wouldn't have lost my running shoes in the process. I'm still up in ...
The great Chicken Vindaloo race.
This is a top pick! ... los Pegasos in Cartagena, Colombia. And the worst meal? Without a doubt the hamburger at El Rancho restaurant in San Agustin, Colombia. Everything was awful. The burger itself, the salad, the mouldy bread and the terrible cheese. Tomorrow I am already ...
Mud mud glorious MUD!!!!!!
This is a top pick! ... out on the street watching the world go by while listening to guitar music and singing. We cant see this happening outside Spar. Colombia is looking a good bet, the people are so friendly and helpful, and always looking to talk up the good sides about ...
Hummingbirds............
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 272 Weather : Sunny mornings, torrential afternoon downpours Temperature : 29 degrees Apparently, Colombia is the number one country in the world to have the largest variety of bird species above everywhere else. Being fans of our ...
The Guajira Peninsula
This is a top pick! ... thundery afternoons, spectacular sunsets Cabo de la Vela is a remote and beautifully desolate place in the northern most part of Colombia, on the Guajira peninsula near the border of Venezuela. In addition, the peninsula is the most northerly part of ...
In the coffee zone.
This is a top pick! ... time. The place is so green and absolutely stunning. What the valley is most famous for is however its wax palms, the national tree of Colombia and also the tallest palm trees in the world, that grow as high as 60 meters. Johana and I get so excited, so ...
Bird's Eye View
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 382 Temperature : Silly degrees Celcius Weather : Humid, hot Don't you just hate computers?! After a fantastic day conquering my fear of heights and photographing the Amazon dangling off a rope some 30m in the air, the USB lead ...
Hey girl, where's your beer goggles???
This is a top pick! I so wish I had a video camera, so I could have shown you this place (not really, let me keep it a secret). My brother and I are celebrating Halloween at Mango's in Medellin. Mango's, a club I had heard rumors about from a few other travelers, so of ...
Final thoughts
This is a top pick! ... Caribe, Venezuela - $5 a night, and it wasn't the worst room we've been in Most expensive hostel: Cartagena, Colombia (Thanks Washington!) Funniest bar: Barney Gomez Bar in Salta, Argentina Most interesting town: El Congo, where all the homes ...
Leaving Bog
This is a top pick! Leave Bogota next morning bit sad having not seen anything dodgy at all. We are all lalmost hoping for an incident on the way to the airport but despite our taxi drivers awful driving (and everyone elses here) we arrive unscathed. We are flying mainly ...