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Highland Hijinx

A travel blog entry by dospollos

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... 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 ...

San Agustin

A travel blog entry by polomuiriu

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The bus ride to San Augustin was a lot smoother than the one to Bogota although it was proibably just as long. San Augustin is famous for some ancient stone statues so we decided to take a horse back tour of them. Never having been on a horse before ...

San Augustin

A travel blog entry by polvo10

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Only pictures for now...I'll update it ...

San Augustin

A travel blog entry by doscompletos

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... Frauen oder Krokodile darstellten, sollten die Seelen der Toten beschuetzen. Da die Statuen ueber ein grosses Gebiet verteilt sind und San Augustin ausserdem wunderschoen ist, verbrachten wir drei Tage in der Region, um zu Fuss und mit dem Jeep ...

Stones, hills, statues

A travel blog entry by ddgfraser

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... is eating up the miles easily but we thought we should have been there already. Here we are roaming around in the back country of Colombia with the odd chat with a local to make sure we are still on track. We are embarking on an adventure on roads that ...

Das Pferd zum Wasser reiten

A travel blog entry by asci

So, da bin ich wieder...muss leider am 01.07.07 raus aus Kolumbien da dann meine 60 Tage auf dem Visum um sind...werde aber wieder kommen und nich n bisserl campen glaube ich...dazu dann aber mehr...also habe ich in bogota den Bus nach hier genommen, ...

San Augustin

A travel blog entry by stubo

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... was a long but pleasant bus journey from Bogota with snacks served, pillows and blankets dished out! When we finally arived in San Augustin we were tired and irritable but we went straight out in the search for uins. We walked through a nice area with ...

Reiten

A travel blog entry by asci

So, die pferdchen waren willig, meins mochte gottseifreud nur gallopp oder schritt, ich habe jezt lauter flohbisse am ganzem koerper und mich mal wieder rasiert :) Hehe, daniel... erm...ja, also erst gings runter in den canyon, dann ueber den rio ...

San Augustin

A travel blog entry by keelaurow

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... morphing into jaguars or other creatures associated with deities. Whatever the reason may be, fanged fatties abound in the San Augustin statuary. A few other themes included animals or what appeared to be guardians of the tombs. In addition to the ...

Hungerstruck

A travel blog entry by supertramps

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... credit cards in Popayan comfortably, had we changed the currency in Bogota before we left. But we didn't, so we arrived in San Augustin on a bank holiday Monday unable to change the euros and getting a very bad exchange rate for our dollars. This meant ...

Hippie haven

A travel blog entry by jungleboy

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... thats what photos are for. And I took alot of those - I really hope some come out! Time just disappeared in San August�n and relations with the hippies, while frosty at first, became increasingly cordial. Luckily, before I decided to renounce shoes ...

San August�n und Popay�n

A travel blog entry by cristinita

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... von einem Schweizer gefuehrt. Doch er lebt bereits seit knapp 20 Jahren dort und war mir sehr hilfreich fuer tolle Reisetipps... San August�n ist bekannt fuer die Steinfiguren, welche uralt sind (300 v. Ch.). Man weiss jedoch nichts darueber, da ...

Brief visit to San Augustin

A travel blog entry by sheenasumaria

After a 3 hr trip from Gartzon, I arrived in San Augustin...and checked into a cheap, shabby hotel in the centre. I hopped straight on to a bus to see the famous Parque Arqueologico, showing the sculptures and burial slabs of the San Augustin ...

San Augustin

A travel blog entry by roro

San Augustin, ***, Friday 23rd-25th March, 2007. No Maccie D's or anything of the sort. San Augustin features as a highlight on many of the South American handbooks because it has a number of parks with monuments created by a mysterious pre-Colombian ...

Funny Faces!

A travel blog entry by grandtourist

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... a World Heritage Site. Eventually, after two bus changes, a broken bridge and a ride in a Jeep, we finally arriving in San Agustin! The first evening we chilled out at the hostel and went to a local restaurant called Donde Richard. We ...

Statues, statues & more statues

A travel blog entry by braham

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... a key stop off point for the colonials on the way to Quito. Really lovely town with old, whitewashed buildings. We had stayed over on the way through to San Augustin but it was a Sunday and unlike at home, nothing is open on a Sunday. Well worth a visit. ...

Jun 03, 2010

A travel blog entry by louisbachelier

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Big Statues

A travel blog entry by wildhorse23

... is free!" Yay! So we saved about 6 bucks each (10,000 pesos) and got our first taste of the San Augustin funerary statues. There was a nice museum giving some information about the lifestyle of this pre-Colombian society which first ...

Uhuh

A travel blog entry by laj223335

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... there and they then chased off every car and motto forthe hour or so that I was there. Was supposively a risky night bus from San augustin to popayan as it's all desolate jungle and the FARC roams nearby but again all good and made it back to popayan at ...

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Stones, hills, statues

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Hippie haven

San August�n und Popay�n

Brief visit to San Augustin

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Funny Faces!

Statues, statues & more statues

Jun 03, 2010

Big Statues

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