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Cali Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cali, Colombia
The toothless pipe smoking Colombian lunatic.
This is a top pick! ... my money. Just let me go and I promise never to come back. Hey, it's not a gun, he's smoking a pipe...... If I want a ride to Cali, you bet! Saved by a colectivo taxi, lets get the fuck out of here! What a day, and it's far from over yet! First you ...
Armenia, Cali, Popayan, Silvia, Pasto, Ipiales
This is a top pick! ... a church and it's also been designed and built in a way that it complements the surroundings. The Lucky 7, Observations about Colombia 1. We like the concept of shops doubling as locals. Most shops put out tables so you can socialise and drink your ...
Carnage in Cali
This is a top pick! I have finally managed to drag myself away from the gorgeous Caribbean coast and am now in Cali, the salsa capital of Colombia. I was sad to leave Northern Colombia - I had been travelling with Helen and Chris for nearly 6 weeks and had been having a ...
Heading to the Border
This is a top pick! Another 10 hour overnight bus ride brings me to Cali, Colombia's third largest city. The weather here is hot thanks to the lower elevation and the people here are famous for their outgoing and friendly manner. My friends from Bogota gave me the phone ...
Ok, now it's full circle.
This is a top pick! ... I realized it was only a 15 hours bus ride or so to make full circle down here. Not that that was the main reason. I really liked Colombia when I visited a few months ago. In fact it is one of my favorite countries so far on the trip. So why not come back ...
From Medellin to Cali
This is a top pick! ... and is surrounded by beautiful mountains in the distance with Armenia (the city) just visible amongst the many bright green fields. Colombia really is blessed with beautiful landscapes and friendly people. We then moved to Cali where we've spent the last ...
Salsa in Cali and heading South
This is a top pick! ... nice to come back and take some more pics! By now I was only 20mins from the border with Ecuador and soon I was leaving Colombia... At the border I got my exit and entry stamps easily enough and also managed to avoid the drunk/druggie who tried to steal ...
Bernardo from Yellowstone lives here!
This is a top pick! ... regarding Colombia. I stayed with Bernardo and his family for a couple days when I came to Cali. Cali is Colombia's 3rd largest town and really does not have the many things to see. Cali is ...
Does My Bum Look Big In This?
This is a top pick! ... we decided to head out to Crepes&Waffles for dinner, and took a new friend Daniel along with us. The next morning we investigated Cali, armed with a map and directions as to where to walk and where not to go, where to walk confidently and try to fit ...
In the sultry heat of Cali
... Bogota to Cali, we were acutely aware that this very flight was bombed in 1989 killing all 107 on board. Cali is Colombia's 3rd largest city and has hot sultry weather all year around. The locals (caleños) have adopted Salsa music ...
One hike, many adventures
This was a quick visit to the quaint little town of Salento, which resides in the mountain valleys above the busy city of Armenia. I have developed a great fondness for the typical Colombian mountain village. They are always very clean and full of ...
Zoologico.
... flight here was really nice too. Colombia is a dramatically beautiful country. Today we went to the Zoologico de Cali, apparently the best zoo in all of Colombia. I had never really been to a zoo, but Jess has and she said this one was pretty sweet ...
A Quick Stop in the Salsa Capital of the World
... (end of December), which is a wild and crazy salsa party...anyone coming with me? Yuli (from Armenia, Colombia) met up with me a couple days later in Cali to do some traveling into Ecuador with me during her vacations from work. I'm keeping this entry ...
Plastic surgery capital of the world
Coming Soon....ish. Quick note. Zoos aren't really our thing. We both find then sad places. This zoo, however, was mostly very good. The animals had a reasonable amount of space. We didn't photo the Cats or the Bears. Their enclosures were very ...
Cali
... . We took a stroll along Avenida Sexta which is the main drag and there are a ton of salsa clubs (Cali is known as the salsa capital of Colombia) and then had some Mexican grub for din. Afterwards we decided to check out one of the few clubs that ...
VIVA COLOMBIA!!!
so, we had a little break from classes and decided to check out Colombia. and no, i did not get robbed, raped, pillaged, held at gunpoint, see any guerillas or do coke. so you can all breath again now. what i did do was have a KICKASS experience for ...
Waldorf in Columbia
... high. A cocktail was 10Euro!!! But therefore the music was up to date (first time in SA) and the feeling was amazing. At the end of the night the two even drove us all the way back to our little hostel...Cali is fantastic, if you know where to ...
Cosmopolitan Cali - Colombia´s Salsa Capital
... stay in the hostel on our first evening, we were invited to join two British lads for dinner who were cycling from Argentina to Colombia. We were suitably impressed and I was happy to be able to swap my Pablo Cohelo book for 2 new ones (Helen it ...
Off to Salento
We´re all in a bit of a precious state this morning and most of us wake up after the scheduled check out time. Still we are able to check out late without any penalty. We were supposed to check out the town this morning but instead we (me, ...
La Cabaña; Where the Rebels Dine
... the vapors drifting away. The lusciousness of the greenery is a sharp contrast to the city that lays below. The city of Cali lays at the base of several mountains giving way to steep valleys. Certain souls are willing to turn their back on ...
Cali- City of Salsa
Cali is the third largest city in Colombia and the last big city before the boarder with Ecudor. We had heard that Cali was extremely hot but it was a decent 30º Celcius while we were there. The roads there, as in all of Colombia, were ...
Caliventura
Today was un fracaso exitoso - a successful failure, with Eduardo. We decided to go to a cultural centre called Lugar a dudas and I had the address that Luis Ospina had given to me in Bogotá. We left the house around 10 and caught the Mio to the ...
Cali
I planned to stay in Cali for 3 nights but cut it to 2. Not really much to offer other than a stopover on the way to ...
Going back to Cali, Cali, Cali
Diana and I flew into Cali, Colombia on Thursday, June 3rd. We arrived around 8PM and Diana's sisters, Yinivia and Adrianna picked us up. We went directly to a restaurant where we met up with Diana's parents and Yinivia's husband, ...
Cali
... have a much thicker wallet than a backpacker. In fact, after spending a few nice days in Manizales, in Colombia's coffee region (beautiful!), I headed straight to Cali, the Salsa and Silicon Capital of Latin America! There I met up with my good Colombian ...
Lago Calima
... the city of Cali is a lake called LAGO CALIMA. It is not mentioned in my guidebook and most people miss it during their trip through Colombia. Andres and his family took me to the lake to go kitesurfing because it is windy there 365 days a year. It's a ...
Lago de Calima- R & R
We had been very busy, seen a lot of things and spent a lot of time in big cities so Devin and I were in some serious need of some R & R. We thought the man-made lake of Calima would be a perfect spot... and we were right. We pulled into Pier ...
Casualty
... , it gets to around 34 degrees, best to keep in the shade and the air conditioning, It was a big shame that we could not enjoy the best of Cali nightlife, but we are both looking forward to spenidng the bulk of our time in Colombia, on the Caribbean ...
Ingenio del Azucar
... cold beers and the much needed, Nopikex, mosquito repellent. If only we had known that this amazing product was only sold in Colombia, we would have bought at least 5 for this trip. Poor Camilo suffered for 4 months now, while I only got a few ...