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Colombia 2011, Our New Favorite
A Travel Blog by tipep
... offering exciting trekking opportunities in the Andes, sun and fun possibilities on the Caribbean coast, cultural experiences in colonial mountain towns, rural living on coffee plantations, excursions to archeological sites, salt mines and gold mines, an ...
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Popayan and San Agustin
A Travel Blog entry by helenandheid from San Agustin, Colombia
... of bumping and bouncing (we almost hit our heads on the ceiling a fair few times) along a rough road later we arrived in San Agustin. The town itself is small and quaint, but it's also home to the most important archaeological sites in ...
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1 Of Colombias Most Important Archaeological Sites
A Travel Blog entry by amazingjourneys from San Agustin, Colombia
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Seeing the statues
A Travel Blog entry by kimandjohn from San Agustin, Colombia
The past few days, John and I have been exploring San Agustin and the surrounding areas. Approaching from Popayan, as we did, you could easily be convinced this place is in the absolute middle of nowhere. It was about a 7.5 hour very rough bus ...
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Pacho y the Horse... not the archeological site
A Travel Blog entry by ness010 from San Agustin, Colombia
... doing nothing, I jumped on a couple more buses to get back south of Bogota to another little place called San Agustin. Also spectacularly beautiful… Colombia appears to have an unending supply of draw dropping scenery. The Australian Government ...
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Ancient Civ 101
A Travel Blog entry by cweigand from San Agustin, Colombia
... come from? How did they gather all of this knowledge from other great civilizations before and after their time? Did post-san agustin civilizations rise because the san agustin group of people dispersed and began their own civilizations? Did they travel ...
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Bus Travels And An Amazing Archeological Site.
A Travel Blog entry by heatheravan from San Agustin, Colombia
... is a good couple of kilometers out of town with about 500 meters up a very steep hill. We walked, but would recommend taking a taxi, at least initially with packs or luggage. Footnote: San Agustin Archaeoligical Park is UNESCO World Heritage ...
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Just Passing Through
A Travel Blog entry by amazingjourneys from Pitalito, Huila, Colombia
... hotels for 15,000 pesos on Calle 8, between Carrera 3 and 4; this is two blocks from the main Plaza. Transport San Agustin - Colectivo's and buses depart all day long for San Agustin. Manizales – Cootranshuila has a direct service at 22.00 ...
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Big Statues
A Travel Blog entry by wildhorse23 from San Augustín, Huila, Colombia
... , in religious ceremonies. Check out some more info: http://trifter.com/caribbean-latin-america/columbia/the-valley-of-the-statues-in-san-agustin/ We walked around to several funeral plateaus and saw some massive tombs and statues set up, almost in ...
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Taganga and San Agustin
A Travel Blog entry by betho from Neiva, Colombia
... with balconies full of brightly coloured flowers + fab shops, snorkelling in the Carribean and some very fast riding in deepest Colombia (San Agustin). The people are lovely, very kind and helpful and we are now used to seeing guns on anything in a ...
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One Of Colombia's Most Beautiful Colonial Towns
A Travel Blog entry by amazingjourneys from Popayán, Cauca, Colombia
... able to negotiate a cheaper rate Sunday through to Thursday. They also offer secure parking. Transport San Agustin – A couple of companies ply this route which has an estimated journey time of around 5.5 hours. Cootranshuila ...
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Trujillo - nice colonial city & Pre-Inca ruins
A Travel Blog entry by garygapyear from Trujillo, Peru
... away themselves. Away from the Plaza Mayor Trujillo had the usual number of interesting & photogenic colonial churches such as El Carmen , La Merced , San Agustin , San Francisco and San Lorenzo.Been thinking I should make a bit more of an ...
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Surely, not another colonial town?!
A Travel Blog entry by lisa.gillespie from Popayan, Colombia
... indulgent, but well worth it. After basically doing nothing for a few days I summoned up the energy to get back on a bus for a long and bumpy ride to the countryside, to the town of San Agustin, to visit the World Heritage archaeological sites ...
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More Colonial Centre in Quito
A Travel Blog entry by sarah.nicholls from Quito, Ecuador
... . Some walking and some on horses. They were pretty colourful. Apparently it happens every Monday at 11am. Iglesia De San Agustin Church, was beautiful. It had lovely wood carvings and the entire ceiling and walls were painted brightly. La ...
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Travel from Santiago to Lima
A Travel Blog entry by dasiver from Lima, Peru
... nbsp;a home recipe had no list of preservatives. The taxi driver was happy with 20 US dollars to take us to the San Agustin Colonial hotel in Miraflores. Nice lobby and a 50 year old elevator that goes up one level. The room was more spacious than ...
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Intramuros: A City Space for Walking Tour
A Travel Blog entry by leisurely_nomad from Intramuros Manila, Luzon, Philippines
... that lovely panorama, we felt the presence of a Spanish era while walking on the cobblestoned ground as were approaching San Agustin Church fronting the Plaza San Luis Complex housing the vast array of tourist-related establishments like the Barbara's ...
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Coffee time
A Travel Blog entry by ramblingrover from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
... by the sea), Santa Marta (access point for Ciudad Perdida [the Machu Picchu equivalent in Colombia]), Bogotá (the capital), San Agustin & Tierradentro (archaeological sites) and Ipiales (border to Ecuador with an interesting cathedral). The trek to ...
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Mexico: 23 Destinations - The Epilogue
A Travel Blog entry by lobo from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
... place http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/lobo/excursions/1240723140/tpod.html 21) finding “Provence” in San Agustin Etla near Oaxaca – my own personal favourite, I was in heaven as I recognized Provence all ...
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Colombia
A Travel Blog entry by alibongo from Cali, Colombia
... thought to have migrated down from North and Central America. They left behind three important archaeological sites: San Agustin, Tierradents and Ciudad Perdida. San Agustin is famous for hundreds of monolithic statues and tombs. ...
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St. Agustin Church (Iglesia de San Agustin)
Chile and Guayaquil streets, , Quito, Ecuador
... cathedral features two large paintings of St. Augustine by Miguel de Santiago, a picturesque fountain reminiscent of the colonial era and the Convento de San Agustin, which also contains additional paintings representing the life of Saint Augustine.


