Colombia: Canyoning, Coffee and Cocora

Eastern Colombia and San Gil One of the highlights of Colombia was our trip south from Cartagena towards Bogota. It was a 2 day drive to San Gil and we had to find decent accommodation which was hard as there are just tiny little villages scattered throughout the countryside until Bucaramanga (a large industrial town near […]

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O Café Colombiano

No dia 13/01/15 saímos de Popayan para conhecer a zona cafeeira da Colômbia. Escolhemos a cidade de Salento, que fica próximo ao Valle de Cocora e é considerada a mais antiga (foi fundada em 1850) e, provavelmente, a menor cidade da Província de Quindio. O boom do café colombiano começou no início do século 20 e atingiu o seu ápice em 1959 quando o bigodudo Juan Valdéz e sua mula se tornaram… Ler mais

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Southern Colombia and Las Lajas

After we leave Salento, we head back to the highway and south toward Buga for the night. We stay in a hostel located in a microbrewery that had a lovely terrace on the roof. We wandered over to see the… Read More ›

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Valle do Cocora

Just east of Salento on the edge of the Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados is the small village of Cocora. It sits in a green valley and there is a popular nature trail that leads from here up into the… Read More ›

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Salento, Colombia and the game of Tejo

Salento is a town that keeps popping up in blogs I’ve been reading and in suggested places to visit in Colombia. It’s located on a dead-end road off the Pan Am Highway and up a gorgeous valley in the Zona… Read More ›

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