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Popayan Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Popayan, Colombia
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 ...
Perfectly Pretty Popayan
This is a top pick! ... so we stayed – probably the first Europeans he’s ever had there! The next morning we headed straight to Popayan. Colombia is mostly safe to travel these days, but the route from Pasto to Popayan is still dodgy at night and tourists are ...
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 ...
Highland Hijinx
This is a top pick! ... a lovely sight. Then on to Ipiales to see the famous gothic cathdral built on a bridge over a deep gorge, amazing. Colombia has definately been our favourite country so far, the landscape is indescribably beautiful, the towns are really interesting ...
The white washed city of salsa
This is a top pick! ... architecture and its contributions to Colombian cultural and political life. More presidents have come from Popayán than any other city Colombia. Because the structure of the city have not changed over ...
A Stopover
This is a top pick! Popayan was a short visit, primarily to break up a very long bus ride. The town itself has a nice downtown area with old, whitewashed buildings. ...
Camp Colombia
... bothered. All travelers I´ve spoken with had not encountered any problems and were thoroughly enjoying their travels through Colombia. The usual safeguards and cautions to traveling certainly still applied, especially in the big cities. Popayan is a ...
Popayan and the mysteries of San Augustin
... hill for dinner. The town itself is a working town, but it also hosts many Colombian tourists, and a few international ones. Colombia has not seen any international tourism for many years, if ever, and the flow is still slow, so here gringos are ...
The City of White
The countryside between Cali and Popayan was beautiful. Lots of farmlands on hillsides, separated by lines of dark green trees and shrubs. Little did we know, we´d be seeing a lot of that type of terrain in the future. Popayan is a small ...
Unfreiwilliger Aufenthalt in der weissen Stadt
... bis wir die Ursache des Problems erkannt und behoben hatten, konnte ich weder das Hostel noch die Weiterfahrt bezahlen. Nun ist Popayan nicht die schlechteste Stadt um steckenzubleiben. So haben wir also die Tage mit Filme gucken, durch die Stadt und ...
Popayan
... it looks like we will do a 4 day boat trip on the Amazon to get to Brazil as its really expensive to fly direct from Colombia to Brazil. We meet a local guy Steven that Matty knows in the park and spend about an hour talking to him all in spanish. ...
Entering Columbia
... change) to the bus terminal and say goodbye to the germans. After a quick lunch we jump on the bus for Popayan in Colombia. We've been advised not to travel in southern Colombia at night and we've done pretty well timewise as only the last ...
Auf den Volcán Puracé (4.676 m)
Um halb drei bin ich mal aufgewacht, habe auf den Wecker geschaut und gemerkt, dass ich ja noch eine Stunde weiterschlafen kann... prima! Auf eimal grelles Licht im Gesicht und ein Display direkt vor meiner Nase das 4:05 anzeigte... kurzes Rattern im ...
Small town nights
We slept in late and then messed around at home before finally leaving to have a late lunch at a Chinese restuarant near Juan's bar with another friend of his. There was an interesting interpretation of Chop Suey on the menu but we ordered rice with ...
Colombia!!!
... end. Over a dozen guerrilla groups- FARC is the largest and most active FARC- Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (the armed revolutionary forces of Colombia) Country's Capital: Bogota Currency: Colombian peso- the exchange rate is ...
Salsa
... treated to a fine meal with Laura´s mother, Maria, and her boyfriend, Henry. After dinner, they suggested our stay in Colombia would not be complete without doing a little salsa dancing. Though we are not particularly skilled at dancing, and have never ...
White Town - restored
Popayan sits on the western Columbian Andes at the head of the Cuca valley. On entering the town you notice all the new buildings, clean streets and modern facilies...not suprising as in 1983 the town was devastated by an earthquake. The town and ...
Solo tour
... for Juan. He was an anthropology student and had some pretty interesting things to say about the indigenous population in Colombia but, in the nicest possible way, was demonstrating some pretty stereotypical effects of longterm marijuana use :D He ...
Tierradentro - Schachtgräber in Hülle und Fülle
Nachts musste ich mal aufstehen und raus aufs Klo, dabei habe ich mich schon gewundert wer da draußen vor dem Zimmer auf dem Sofa liegt, allerdings hatte ich meine Kontaktlinsen natürlich nicht drin und konnte nicht viel erkennen. Wer da liegt ...
Popayan, the third, or fourth? white city
... in Arequipa, Peru, and the whitestoned houses in Sucre, Bolivia, were also all the house here painted white in Popayan, Colombia. Also in Chachapoyas, north of Peru, almost all houses were white. It's definitely something to do in colonial towns :) ...
Chilling out in Popayan
... between us filled the table with beers (something the boys were very proud of!) Tim sampled the national drink of Colombia, Aguardiente, which is a alcoholic spirit flavoured with anise and l think earned some respect from the locals who expected him to ...
Getting Deliciously Fruity and Fishy in Colombia!
... & visiting the natural history museum where the young policeman became my personal guide (a perk of being blonde in Colombia, I think!) I took a kamikaze bus along winding roads ...
The Columbian border, Pasto and Popayan
... to get some sleep since we were leaving again first thing in the morning. In the morning we caught the bus to Popayan, only a quick 6 hour ride! Our hostel, Hosteltrail Guesthouse was great! Modern and clean and very helpful and welcoming. We checked in ...
Horses, Hiking, and Hills
... ; We also toured the university, La Universidad del Cauca, which was founded in 1827. Popayán produces presedents for Colombia, a total of 17 have been born here, and the citizens (and university students) appear to have their fingers on the ...
Enjoying Colombia
... in Colombia has been fantastic. All mountains and curves on good pavement and unbelievable scenery. THE LAW IN COLOMBIA Leonard and Karyn Dolezsar shortly after crossing the Colombia border from Ecuador on their South America motorcycle trip. ...
Popayan -
... here two nights in a row. The meals were hit and miss but cheap and filling. (Casseroles are popular in Colombia and so far haven't disappointed) Venturing into the centre of Popayan the following day we were pleasantly surprised. ...