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Salento
Travel Blogs from Salento, Colombia
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 ...
Coffee and Palm Trees
This is a top pick! ... since the day we left the UK. Luckily for the time being he won’t need a jumper because it’s far too hot in Colombia but it will hit him again I think the first time he needs a warm top! Anyway, we only stayed in Cali for a night ...
Adventures in the Coffee Region
This is a top pick! ... who despite being only 11years old manages to boss everyone about in Spanish and English! This is one of the most beautiful areas of Colombia and it would be easy to spend more time here but I managed to drag myself away today and headed off to look ...
Dysentery and Coffee
This is a top pick! ... look at it has been a fierce battle with dysentery. The doctor I spoke to in Leticia shortly after crossing the border into Colombia assured me that I got this dysentery from all the bad things in Peru. These two countries do have a history of feuding ...
Colombian Coffee and Hummingbirds.
This is a top pick! ... short their trip" trumpets the Lonely Planet". Well, we had planned to see the Coffee growing landscapes anyway, Colombia being the third largest producer of coffee in the world (after Brazil and Vietnam) and now we had the sweetener ...
In search of Jaun Valdez
This is a top pick! ... nbsp; The views again were spectacular and even though I don't care much about plants the colors often amazed me. Colombia is famous for its coffee but they export all their best stuff so that leaves the country drinking second ...
Welcome, Christmas!
This is a top pick! It´s officially the Christmas season in Colombia! On our last night in Medellin, we learned that there was going to be an event in one of the main squares downtown, in the late afternoon and early evening. John and I headed down, expecting ...
Highland Adventures
This is a top pick! ... even though we have a hard time understanding their Spanish, they´ve been extremely friendly! Once settled into our little place in Salento, we set out to explore the town, and came across the beautiful displays of lights all around town. On Wednesday, ...
I love you Coffee!
... , still worth it, but again, not exactly what we were expecting. I am now writing this from Cali, the Salsa Capital of Colombia. Unfortunately Elise is not feeling well, and we are taking a much needed day of rest. Sorry about all the delays with posting ...
One hike, many adventures
... a great fondness for the typical Colombian mountain village. They are always very clean and full of character. Each one, Salento included, possesses at least 2 billiard halls where old men in cowboy hats and ponchos shoot a french version of pool. I ...
Salento... coffee farms!!
... , Hotel Las Palmas (US$10pp), after the tour. The rooms smelled like they hadn't been aired in ten years. Salento itself is a quaint little town with very few cars, lots of really old buildings, narrow streets and a gorgeous old town ...
Off to Salento
... for the driver. Then after being told it stops in Salento he drops us outside of town so we have to catch a bus into Salento itself. Finally we arrive and drop our bags off at our hostel. Its a really cute little place that is really well decorated and ...
Coffee, Wax Palms and Hummingbirds Galore!
... jeep service to the Valle de Corcora, nestling between hills of cloud forest & scattered with incredibly tall thin wax palms, Colombia's national tree, growing up to 60m tall. After a hot chocolate breakfast, I followed the signs to the forest, ...
Farm time
Palm trees and mountains
... reach up to about 90 to 100 feet high, if not more. it is by far some of the most beautiful landscapes i have seen here in colombia. so today we woke up, caught a ride in a jeep willys over to the mountains and went hiking for the day. really cool. and ...
The Highlight of the Zona Cafetera
... small town feel, lovely architecture, craft shops, tasty cuisine, and proximity to the stunningly beautiful Cocora Valley, home to Colombia's national 'flower', the Wax Palm - which can grow up to 70 meters tall! The town itself looks as if it ...
Nov 20, 2010
Famous coffee and amazingly unique landscapes
... for directions, and they are so sincerely friendly. Honestly, I have never felt so safe in South America than here in Colombia, up till now. And although I encountered many very friendly people, and had countless chitchats in the streets with locals, ...
Zona Cafetera -In need of a coffee break - Salento
... and `non-enhanced` Colombian countryside, my next stop on the road north was the small town of Salento nestled in the beautiful Quindio providence of Colombia, the heart of Colombian coffee production. As it turns out, like most countries which ...
Salento- Zona Caffeteria
... Medellin. I was particularly keen to come here (Will not as much) because it is in the Coffee Zone of Colombia and people had been raving about the amazing scenery. Admittedly the town is uninteresting apart from that it is colonial ...
Zona Cafetera part 2: Salento
... here and take it along with us. Sad because we can't but happy because we discovered such a great place. Becca I loooved Salento - such a cute little mountain town. I adored the brightly painted homes - we added a few pictures as examples - most ...
Salento
... access, so I am backtracking slightly in my entries. Salento is a tiny town on the coffee region of south central colombia. The region is lush and beautiful, with rivers winding through green valleys and rolling hills surrounding small villages... It was ...
Salento Salento Salento
... in town, and talk for hours..dreams, aspirations, everything. more and more i am learning about my roots here in Colombia, rhythms, sounds, smells, commotion, and then the peace and tranquility in the mountains. everything. everyday i would wake up here ...
Small town Salento
Arrived late into Salento and found our way to the hostel. The owner is a british guy who converted an old Planation into a hostel, aplty named The Plantation House. The place was almost full so we had to take the top bunks in the ...
Coffee country
For our first ride with Pascale, we headed out of Colombia toward Salento, between Armenia and Pereira, in the heart of the coffee growing region of Colombia. Monday the 4th was a national holiday, the Day of the Dead in fact, though here its not as ...