Giron, Colombia Travel Blogs

Giron, Barichara, Villa de Leyva, Bogota
Sep 8, 2006 (12 photos)

... are the people of purely or mainly pure European descent. This divide of haves and have-nots is one of the reasons behind Colombia's guerilla insurgency. In fact, after our night out in the Zona Rosa, we found out that there was a grenade attack in two ...

Goodbye Venezuela, Hello Colombia
Oct 29, 2006 (20 photos)

... de Venezuela'. A monument back up in the mountains had commemorated Bolívar's liberation campaign - not only of Venezuela, but Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia as well. Born to a wealthy family in Caracas, he led many failed campaigns to break ...

Surrounded by mountains amist a beautiful town
Jun 1, 2008 (7 photos)

 We have decided that when travelling by bus in Colombia you must add at least 2 hours to any time frame they give you.  Suprisingly the buses tend to leave on time but getting to the other end on time is a different matter.  We left Santa ...

I would walk 500 miles!!!
Feb 18, 2008

... !!! Planned to stop in Barichara, but it was raining and after yesterday decided to stay on the bus and head directly to Giron (close to Bucaramanga).  Again a lovely colonial town, this time a smaller plaza but the hub of the town, everyone meets ...

Family life in a little town
Mar 2, 2008 (14 photos)

... was even discovered by the British! They then showed us a few other historic places that were once the backbone of Giron's construction and formation. We soon met up with a hungover Fernandez at his work (looking after a carpark). We relaxed for a ...

Colombia
Mar 19, 2007 (3 photos)

Monday 19th March We attended to the border formalities and paid our 37,000 bvs exit tax and  then continued onto Giron, a colonial town near Bucaramanga, recommended by Lonely Planet. We arrived on what was a festive holiday and the town was ...

San Juan Giron
Jan 20, 2009 (11 photos)

Originally we were only going to stay a couple of nights, but the car park is so well situated for shops, for sights and for security that we have decided to stay longer. The town is only 9 kms from the town of Bucamaranga, which is the capital of the ...

We love our small colonial town´s......
Apr 8, 2008 (5 photos)

... picky next time but it was the most comfortable of buses!     The ride was fabulous.  The scenery in Colombia is just amasing.  I think I need to stop saying that!  Anyways, we did have one interesting stopon this route and that ...

To the mountains
Apr 20, 2008 (10 photos)

... looking (more Equadorian and Peruvian) with ponchos being worn by many of the vendors. After eating way too much, it was time to head for the bus depot again and catch another bus to our last destination in Colombia - Bogota about 4 hours away.

A short side trip to Girón
Jan 11, 2009 (2 photos)

... quite a while (1 hour, then check with some locals and wait another 30 min in another place) in the heat and sun for a bus to Girón. We eventually found it on a street parallel to where it should be! After a short trip we explored the main square,  ...

Another famously quaint little colonial village
Jul 30, 2008 (16 photos)

Just 10 minutes away from dirty, busy Bucaramanga is the beautiful little village meant from strolling.